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April 2025Recent Articles
The number of facilities with whole or partial ownership of a 503B outsourcing facility remains quite small. Most of the facilities taking advantage of this compounding model are large facilities with at least 400 beds. Looking ahead, larger hospitals are more likely to consider launching their own 503Bs; however, overall interest in this option dropped this year.
Given the complexity of CGMP... Read more
The relationship between hazardous drug (HD) exposure and the risk of adverse health effects is well established.1-4 Peer reviewed studies verify that HD surface sampling is an effective way to identify and act upon surface contamination proactively.1,5,6 USP <800> states that environmental wipe sampling for HD surface residue should be performed initially as a benchmark, and then conducted at... Read more
Pharmacy Purchasing & Products: How does Rady Children’s Health utilize RFID technology?
Ann McKinstry, RPh: Our facility was an RFID pilot site for 2.5 years. Throughout that time, we worked to refine general standard operating procedures (SOPs) in order to best tailor these processes to our facility. Now, RFID is utilized to track medication usage and inventory data related to anesthesia... Read more
Underscoring the fact that diversion is an ongoing and widespread problem, it is estimated that one in every 100 healthcare workers divert medications.1 In 2022, ASHP published revisions to their Guidelines on Preventing Diversion of Controlled Substances describing a comprehensive controlled substances diversion prevention program that includes organizational oversight and accountability as a core... Read more
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