Hi!

Nymalize is super expensive, but an oral solution is safer for our patients who cannot swallow nimodipine capsules. We also don't want to put our nurses and pharmacy staff at risk for withdrawing liquid contents from a capsule. Can anyone who is NOT purchasing Nymalize share their processes/policies?

For those who purchase Nymalize, can you share how you sold your point?

Thank you so much,
Farzana

We are a small hospital without 24/7 pharmacy services. While our orders are verified by remote pharmacists; we would like to know how others handle double check/verification of IVPB or IV Infusions prepared by nursing after hours? During pharmacy hours, we prepare and send almost all compounded items, with the patient specific pharmacy label barcode used for BMV. We require a 2nd RN to verify drug prepared, patient etc since the patient specific label is not available when the pharmacy is closed.
Thanks!
Kathleen Black, Pharm.D.
Medication Safety Lead

Hello,

In reference to ISMP article (March 8, 2018 Volume 23 Issue 5) regarding ethyl chloride, what safety precautions do you have in your organization? Do you store this as floor stock? Is it stored in a flammable safety cabinet? Thanks!

---Jeff

Hi everyone -

I wanted to let the group know that my position (Executive Director, Medication Safety) is open at WellStar, as I have taken a medication safety position with Kaiser Permanente. WellStar is in the metro Atlanta area and is the largest healthcare system in the state. The application link is below; if it doesn't go straight to the position you can search "medication safety" and it will appear. If you would like to speak with me about the position, I'm happy to do so. Thank you!

Hello! We are an Epic hospital and looking to improve our naming standards. Does anyone have a naming standards or 'style' guide for medication names? Also do you keep the name the same from what shows for ordering and then what shows on the MAR? Thank you!

Hello,

Our organization recently went live on oral dictating functionality in our EMR software. We are seeing errors and mis-information being communicated to care teams and patients as a result. Has anyone encountered this and implemented any solutions?

Thank you

Hello,

Our organization recently went live on oral dictating functionality in our EMR software. We are seeing errors and mis-information being communicated to care teams and patients as a result. Has anyone encountered this and implemented any solutions?

Thank you

Has anyone attempted to address the issue of delayed or omitted meds (mostly antibiotics) due to nurses forgetting to activate or reconstitute AddVantage/ActBag/duplex bags? I doubt we would ever go back to pharmacy mixing these. Are there any published recommendations? I'm especially concerned about first doses and sepsis patients, etc. Thanks

If using an automated tray replenishment and checking technology (e.g. TraySafe, IntelliGuard), what level of pharmacist oversight of the tray replenishment process do you require?

A) pharmacist checks the labeling/tagging of medications to be placed in tray
B) pharmacist checks the final replenished tray prior to sealing/locking of tray
C) Both A and B
D) Other, please define: ________

Thank you,
Daniel

Greetings-
My organization is going live with Beacon (EPIC-oncology platform) later this month. I am reaching out to see what other organizations have selected as key performance indicators (KPIs)for the oncology (inpatient and outpatient) care settings.

Warm Regards,

Trey Jenkins PharmD., BCPS
Medication Safety Officer
WellStar Health System