Drug Formulary Review Archives – December 1, 2008
December 1, 2008
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Disaster planning should be priority for hospital pharmacists, experts say
The past decade has featured devastating hurricanes, floods, fires, and terrorist acts that have captured headlines often for weeks at a time. -
Those who've been there offer advice on preparing for natural disasters
Pharmacists residing in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas are well aware of the disaster drill. -
Personal disaster plans first and professional plans next
One of the key strategies for preparing for a disaster or crisis is to encourage pharmacists and other health care professionals to take care of their own families and homes and themselves first, and then they can prepare for the public's needs. -
Pharmacy manager's murder was disaster
Pharmacists and staff at Florida hospitals are well prepared for the disasters wrought by 100-mile-per-hour winds, rain, and hurricanes. But pharmacists and hospital staff at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL, could never have prepared themselves emotionally for the tragedy of the on-site murder of a friend and co-worker. -
How the Florida hospital handled aftermath of tragic shooting in pharmacy
Hospital staff deal with other people's tragedies every day, but when something horrific happens in the hospital, it pushes the site into disaster mode. -
New treatment for cancer patients and constipation
A new class of drugs, called peripheral-acting mu opioid receptor antagonists, offers cancer patients and other advanced illness patients relief from some of the debilitating side effects of opioid use.1 -
Research finds higher risk of CV-related deaths among patients using ipratropium
"We were interested in understanding the safety of respiratory medications in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)," says Todd A. Lee, PharmD, PhD, a research assistant professor at Northwestern University in Chicago, OH. Lee also is a senior investigator at Hines Veteran Affairs Hospital in Hines, IL. -
News Briefs
Summer 2008," health care professionals need to be alert to a dangerous drug-device interaction of icodextrin (Extraneal®) and point-of-care glucose monitoring. The report says the following: