Drug Formulary Review Archives – June 1, 2009
June 1, 2009
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Special Report: Preparing for Pandemic
[Editor's note: Drug Formulary Review presents a look at how pharmacy disaster planning experts have handled the recent novel H1N1 influenza A crisis... -
Disaster planning pharmacy experts offer advice on preparing for next flu pandemic
Hospital pharmacies across North America had a real life disaster drill this spring when a new influenza virus began making people sick. -
Florida hospital's disaster drill prepared it well for flu
A well prepared hospital pharmacy can look an awful lot like a very smart hospital pharmacy. -
Technology Tips: Health system brought stakeholders together
One strategy for making certain hospital staff are ready and willing to work with new technology is to thoroughly involve them in the beginning phases of implementation. -
Reduce medication errors through following metrics
Hospital pharmacists should learn how to develop metrics for charting a variety of processes, including switching to new technology, following medication error reduction programs, and tracking best practices at multiple sites, an expert says. -
Here's how to better manage oral antidiabetic drugs toxicity
Most of the medication overdoses reported to the national Association of Poison Control Centers are unintentional, and many are related to diabetic medications, a poison control expert says. -
Drug News
The FDA notified health care professionals that manufacturers of metoclopramide, a drug used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, must add a boxed warning to their drug labels about the risk of its long-term or high-dose use.