Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Certain aspects of the job require a quiet space to work, such as creating an in-service or presentation, or drafting a policy or procedure. But for the majority of the day, it is far more effective to be present on the nursing unit, elbow-to-elbow with patients and the care team. Here are three reasons why: 1.

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Pharmacy Joe

JANUARY 10, 2021

Most recently, in December 2020 in Academic Emergency Medicine researchers published a non-inferiority randomized trial comparing the analgesic efficacy of 3 doses of intravenous ketorolac (10, 20, and 30mg) in adult patients presenting to the ED with renal colic. 165 patients were split evenly between the 3 groups.

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Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Transdermal fentanyl has no such feedback opportunity and a patient prescribed too high of a dose will continue to absorb it, presenting the opportunity for opioid overdose. Documentation within the medical record. This 3-step procedure includes: 1. Determination of indication 2. Review of prior opioid use 3.

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Pharmacy Joe

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Episode 662: One hospital’s evolution of the U-500 insulin use process Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Medication errors with U-500 insulin can be serious, and ensuring the safe use of this medication in a hospital setting has presented hospital pharmacies with considerable challenges.

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Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Don’t get me wrong – I’m not suggesting that you don’t document necessary pieces of information in the medical record, or that you don’t document your interventions. But for basic interventions like I just described, it makes the physician look good when they “fix up” orders based on your informal recommendations.

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RX Note

JUNE 3, 2023

But, what you should know as a pharmacist is never limited to what have been presented here. When a male who had just taken sildenafil presents with acute coronary syndrome , can glyceryl trinitrate tablet be given? Explain on disposal/write-off of stocks and its procedures and documentation. Also include quarantine requirement.

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ID Stewardship

APRIL 13, 2023

Goal 2, Objective 3.1 : Expand the number of sources for and quantity of antibiotic resistance surveillance data collected from inpatient healthcare facilities. An important accompanying document for Joint Commission standards are Critical Access Hospital Accreditation Survey Activity Guide, for which the January 2023 guide can be found here.

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RX Note

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Threadworm - Night-time perianal itching is the classic presentation Oral Thrush - Unusual in healthy adults Faecal Incontinence - Unintentional passage of stool Pouching Systems - Available as one-piece or two-piece systems Eye Dry Eye - Evidence of superior efficacy among any of the ophthalmic lubricants is lacking.

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