HIV medications - Brand or Generic

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Jameika M. Stuckey
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HIV medications - Brand or Generic

Hello all,

I wanted to reach out to get some input regarding a recent issue that we are trying to work through. With strong recommendation from our ID team, quite a few HIV medications were added to our formulary. This was done to reduce resistance rates and to ensure patients would receive proper medications when admitted.

We are trying to decide how best to store the products. We are considering some of the following:
1. Designating an HIV medicine area
2. Alphabetical order using brand name (because of combinations and differing salt forms of medications)
3. How to name in prepacking machine - brand name and shortened generic names (esp for combo)

Would love to hear any input that you may have.

Thanks
Jameika

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