Digital Pharmacist

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Breakdown of Medicare Types and Coverage Below is a quick summary to help your eligible patients prepare: Medicare Part A: Hospital insurance that includes inpatient and overnight hospital care, skilled nursing facility services, nursing home care, hospice care, and home health services.

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Pharmacy Joe

JUNE 12, 2024

This could become of clinical significance in the administration of vaccines, benzodiazepines, and antipsychotics. 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. <–

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Amber

AUGUST 11, 2022

More patients are preferring to receive infused medications in the comfort of their homes instead of inpatient settings. Medical assistants need training to administer vaccines. Home Infusion Administration The demand for in-home infusion treatments is growing. You need an active RN license and infusion experience to qualify.

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Pharmacy Joe

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

This could become of clinical significance in the administration of vaccines, benzodiazepines, and antipsychotics. 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. <–

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Pharmacy Joe

JUNE 2, 2024

Recommendations on who should receive tetanus immune globulin as post-exposure prophylaxis are those patients with less than 3 or an unknown number of tetanus vaccines and a dirty/contaminated wound. If the patient is also receiving a tetanus vaccine, separate syringes and different anatomical sites must be used for each injection.

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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Another rejected proposal was a definition of “vaccine” (vaccines are exempt from Medicaid rebates), which would have limited this term to a product that is administered prophylactically – i.e., to prevent rather than treat a disease. 1396r-8(k)(3).

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RX Note

JUNE 3, 2023

Inpatient Pharmacy Services Explain Floor stock, unit of dose and unit of use High alert medications Tall man lettering, sound-alike medication, look-alike medication Standard and end user item Floor stock list - How to decide min and max level List non-medical items that should be available in the emergency trolley.

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Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 30, 2020

Recommendations on who should receive tetanus immune globulin as post-exposure prophylaxis are those patients with less than 3 or an unknown number of tetanus vaccines and a dirty/contaminated wound. If the patient is also receiving a tetanus vaccine, separate syringes and different anatomical sites must be used for each injection.

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Pharmacy Joe

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The rabies vaccine produces active immunity beginning about 7 to 10 days after the vaccine series is started. Because the half-life of RIG is about 3 weeks, the passive immunity lasts long enough until active immunity via vaccine response can be generated. The dose of RIG is 20 units/kg x 1.

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Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 13, 2020

In this episode, I’ll discuss the available safety and efficacy data of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. A fact sheet for the vaccine is available from the FDA here. 43,548 patients were divided evenly between the vaccine and placebo groups. The vaccine overall was 95% effective.

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pharmaphorum

JUNE 28, 2021

It is the third positive pivotal trial for the antibody, coming after the MELODY study showed that the drug was able to reduce lower respiratory tract infections requiring medical attention – either inpatient or outpatient – due to RSV in healthy preterm and term infants. Last year, sales were around $320 million.

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Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 29, 2021

No interim analysis had been performed and blinding was maintained prior to the study being stopped but the study protocol no longer fit into real-world practice given the widespread use of vaccination and monoclonal antibodies.

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RX Note

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

- Discussing the 4 main drug targets Functional Groups - Quick refresh on IUPAC nomenclature Drug Potency - Refresh on drug potency Drug Metabolism - Discussing Phase I and II reactions, as well as CYP450 system Pharmacogenomics - Discussing some examples Miscellaneous Continuous Professional Development - Needed for renewal of annual retention Immunization (..)

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