ASHP Guidelines on Managing Drug Product Shortages in Hospitals and Health Systems.

Developed through the ASHP Council on Pharmacy Management and approved by the ASHP Board of Directors on January 15, 2009. These guidelines supersede the ASHP Guidelines on Managing Drug Product Shortages dated March 28, 2001. Erin R. Fox, Pharm.D., is Director, Drug Information Service, University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics, Salt Lake City. Annette Birt, M.B.A., M.P.H., is Pharmacy Communications Manager, Novation, Irving, TX. Ken B. James, Pharm.D., is Supervisor, Drug Information Services, Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara, CA. Heather Kokko, Pharm.D., is Manager, Pharmacy Support Services, Department of Pharmacy Services, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Sandra Salverson, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Drug Information/Infectious Disease Pharmacist, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL. Donna L. Soflin, B.s.Pharm., is Pharmacy Director, Tri-County Area Hospital, Lexington, NE. Address correspondence to Bruce Hawkins at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 7272 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814 ([email protected]). The following organizations and individuals are acknowledged for reviewing draft versions of these guidelines: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP); Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE); American Geriatric Society (AGS); American Nurses Association (ANA); Toby Clark, M.Sc., FASHP; John A. Armitstead, M.S., FASHP; Patricia Kienle, M.P.A., FASHP; Michael J. W. Thomas, CPhT; Lance Tillett; Timothy R. Lanese, M.B.A., FASHP, FACHE; James A. Ponto, M.S., BCNP; Cheryl A. Mosley, CPhT; Neil M. Davis, Pharm.D., FASHP; Rosario (Russ) J. Lazzaro, M.S.; Tom Kaye; Richard I. Sakai, Pharm.D., FASHP, FCSHP; J. G. Barbaccia, Pharm.D., FASHP; Dennis Tribble, Pharm.D.; Daniel Robinson, Pharm.D., FASHP; Phil Johnson, M.S., FASHP; Stephen Eckel, Pharm.D., M.H.A., BCPS; Kathleen M. Gura, Pharm.D., BCNSP, FASHP; Helen M. Calmes, Pharm.D., M.B.A.; Michael Anderson, Pharm.D. (AGA); Sally Brooks, M.D., AGSF (AGA); Shelly Gray, Pharm.D. (AGA); Mary McGuiggan, Pharm.D. (AGA); Peggy Odegard, Pharm.D. (AGA); Randall Rowen, Pharm.D. (AGA); Cathy Starner, Pharm.D. (AGA); Richard Stefanacci, D.O., M.G.H. (AGA); Eric Tangalos, M.D. (AGA); Anne-Marie Evriviades (AGA); Mark N. Brueckl, M.B.A. (AMCP); Kevin J. Colgan, M.A.; John D. Grabenstein, Ph.D.; Mike Rouse, B.Pharm.(Hons), M.P.S. (ACPE); Natasha Nicol, Pharm.D.; and Carol Bickford (ANA). The bibliographic citation for this document is as follows: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. ASHP guidelines on managing drug product shortages in hospitals and health systems. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2009; 66:1399-406.