I'm looking for any existing resources, tools, or tips for implementing the ISMP tallman lettering format for drug names in MS Office files. I teach pharmacy courses and want to use this convention across my PowerPoint, Word, and Excel files. It would also be helpful for my students to have this type of resource, as well. If anyone has any existing resources (e.g. custom Office dictionary files), suggestions, or pointers to resources, please let me know.

Thanks!

sweston@harding.edu

Looking to determine what other organizations are doing for Anesthesia providers returning non-controlled medications. Do you have them:
1. Returning into the medication pocket in medication cabinet (either locking lid or with barcode scanning of pocket) or
2. Returning all meds into a common return bin that is managed by the pharmacy?

Pros and cons of each approach?

We are currently expecting scenario #1 to happen but finding challenges with medications not returned, left in the storage drawers of our Omnicell cabinets.

Hello,

Would anybody be interested in sharing policies or procedures around their ED pharmacists' roles and responsibilities as it relates to the medication use process in the Emergency Department?

Interested in information about their roles as it pertains to both trauma and non-trauma situations; preparation of medications with orders and medications removed from ADC on override, as well as the hand-off process when pharmacy obtains med from ADC and/or draws up for administering end user.

Thank you,

Matt

Matthew T Beaulac, PharmD, MS

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Hi all -
I wanted to see what others are doing in light of the CME Bodyguard Pump Recall. We are working as fast as possible to get replacement pumps in but wasn't sure if others had completely quit using the recalled products.
Thanks-
Maria Cumpston, PharmD, CPPS
West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown, WV

All of these assume an organization has defined a list of standardized gtt concentrations and limit to one concentrations unless there is a clinically essential need to have 2 standardized concentration of a drug -

1. For drugs in which you have more than one gtt concentration, does your organization use any associated nomenclature (e.g. standard vs. concentrated concentration)? Hesitant asking that since the terms are arbitrary vs. actual concentration values are objective - but still interested in what your practice is.

For medications that are administered at varying rates, such as IVIG or rituximab, do you put the infusions instructions in the EHR? If so, where in the order is it located? Or do you provide paper rate sheets to nursing staff to assist them with pump programming?

We are moving to EPIC and building out Willow Ambulatory. We were presented two options for how Medication Warnings can display (setting LPR 48600). The two options for are:

1) after each drug is verified before going to the next (only shows warnings relevant to that one drug)

2) after an entire work basket is verified (shows warnings relevant to every drug in the basket all at once)

Our Organization is discussing the risk - benefit of carrying two different concentrations of Atropine injection (for Cardiac Resuscitation) versus two different sizes of the same concentration.
The health system is made up of several hospitals: one is a Pediatric Specialty Hospital, the others are general hospitals treating adult, pediatric and Neonatal patients (NICU).
Basically, the pharmacies all need to come to agreement on which products to stock, and a standard process to assure the intended product is only distributed to the intended Care Area.

Hi
Wondering if anyone has undergone a recent TJC survey. Interested in their stance on electronic vs "wet" signatures in the employees file. Example would be sterile compounding requirements.
Is it necessary to have entire file in a paper folder, or is it OK to use a hybrid of password-protected retrievable databases (i.e. Simplifi 797) and a note in the file that all USP 797 requirements are maintained electronically with the employee's signed acknowledgement? Trying to conserve paper but do not want to be out of compliance while in TJC window.