Pharmacy Joe

MAY 1, 2024

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The label of “penicillin allergic” usually sticks to a patient’s medical record forever. The trouble is that many recorded allergies are actually intolerances, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. She experienced a rash to the nafcillin as an inpatient.

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Pharmacy Joe

JULY 7, 2024

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher When a hospital microbiology laboratory performs antimicrobial susceptibility testing using microdilution or disk diffusion methods, not all of the results are presented to clinicians in the medical record. Let me know in the comments below.

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Pharmacy Joe

MARCH 16, 2022

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher When a hospital microbiology laboratory performs antimicrobial susceptibility testing using microdilution or disk diffusion methods, not all of the results are presented to clinicians in the medical record. Let me know in the comments below.

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Pharmacy Joe

JANUARY 25, 2023

If an ED pharmacist was not available and a code sepsis was activated, the inpatient hospital pharmacist would receive a page so they could prioritize order verification and expedite the delivery of antibiotics. After implementing the huddle process the authors compared 80 post-huddle patients with 21 pre-huddle patients.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

If I’m trying to determine whether venous thromboembolism prophylaxis is appropriate, it is much faster and accurate to see the sequential compression stockings (SCDs) on the patient’s legs than it is to search the medical record for documentation that SCDs were applied.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

If I’m trying to determine whether venous thromboembolism prophylaxis is appropriate, it is much faster and accurate to see the sequential compression stockings (SCDs) on the patient’s legs than it is to search the medical record for documentation that SCDs were applied.

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Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Documentation within the medical record. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– This 3-step procedure includes: 1. Determination of indication 2.

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