Although hospital pharmacists are recognized for its importance as health care provider in many developed countries, in most developing countries it is still underutilized. The aim of the present study was to summarize the current situation of pharmacy practices in five hospitals of Bangladesh and to identify the pharmacist’s roles in these seftap. The study was conducted through convenient sam...

James S. Kalus, Pharm.D., BCPS (AQ-Cardiology), is Senior Manager, Patient Care Services, Department of Pharmacy Services, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI. Address correspondence to Dr. Kalus at Henry Ford Hospital, Department of Pharmacy Services, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202 ([email protected]). Based on the proceedings of a symposium held December 3, 2012, during the 47th ASH...

150. Changes in Nursing home Reimbursement Associated with Improvement of Antibiogram Data in an Urban Community Hospital Kevin Mcdonough, BS, PharmD, MPA; Samya Shafi, MD; Elizabeth MammenPrasad, MD; Diana Finkel, DO; Pharmacy, Cardinal Health. Pharm. Services, East Orange, NJ; East Orange General Hospital, Butler, NJ; East Orange General Hospital, Irvington, NJ; Cross Roads Medical, Clifton, NJ

Thomas J. Johnson, Pharm.D., m.B.a., BCPs, FashP, is Director of Hospital Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Critical Care, and Postgraduate Year 2 Critical Care Residency Program Director, Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center, Sioux Falls, SD. JaneT L. TeeTers, m.s., is Director of Accreditation Services, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda, MD. Addre...

OBJECTIVES To assess the preparedness of hospital pharmacies in New Jersey to provide pharmaceutical services in mass casualty scenarios. METHODS An electronic cross-sectional survey was developed to assess the general knowledge of available resources and attitudes toward the preparedness of the pharmacy department. RESULTS Out of 60 invitations to participate, 18 surveys (30%) were complet...

Providing a safe work environment is an important goal for any hospital pharmacy department. Historically, great care has been exercised in the receipt, storage, preparation, distribution, administration, and disposal of cytotoxic drugs. Although other drugs have been acknowledged as potentially hazardous, most facilities do not have processes to identify and ensure their safe and consistent ha...

OBJECTIVE To describe two innovative practice models that expand pharmacy services within a nursing facility's transitional care unit (TCU) to meet the needs of patients transitioning to subacute or community care. SETTING TCU in a hospital-based vs. a community-based facility. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION The two TCUs involved in these practices differ in that one is hospital-owned and the other i...

conclusions according to the results, there was a direct correlation between access to physical space in ed and waiting time. in addition, improving the physical access did not necessarily result in shorter waiting time. therefore, to improve triage process, improvement of waiting time indices, and modifying forms of work process in ed are recommended. results the correlation between the waitin...