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Episode 918: What Happens If You Give a Cephalosporin to a Patient With Moderate, Severe, or Unknown Beta-Lactam Allergy?

Pharmacy Joe

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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Episode 786: One Simple Intervention to Raise ED Sepsis Identification and Bundle Compliance

Pharmacy Joe

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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Episode 749: Three reasons why 1 clinical pharmacist on the unit = 2 in the office

Pharmacy Joe

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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Episode 749: Three reasons why 1 clinical pharmacist on the unit = 2 in the office

Pharmacy Joe

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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Episode 786: One Simple Intervention to Raise ED Sepsis Identification and Bundle Compliance

Pharmacy Joe

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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Episode 837: Don’t Let IV Medications Shift A Patient Out of Ketosis

Pharmacy Joe

” The review is available for free on ASHP’s site so hospital pharmacists who care for patients on a ketogenic diet can readily access the medication tables and recommendations of the authors. To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.

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Episode 837: Don’t Let IV Medications Shift A Patient Out of Ketosis

Pharmacy Joe

” The review is available for free on ASHP’s site so hospital pharmacists who care for patients on a ketogenic diet can readily access the medication tables and recommendations of the authors. To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.