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Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs

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Workplace activity involves how healthcare workers use and handle the drug in the workplace - such as opening shipments, compounding, administering or cleaning up after use or spills. Oral hazardous drugs No crushing or compounding may be done in an unprotected environment.

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Study Reveals Gaps in GINA Guideline Adherence for Asthma Treatment

Pharmacy Times

Pulmonary function tests and provider documentation were manually reviewed to confirm asthma diagnoses, while individuals with other pulmonary diseases were excluded. 1 The study also observed that 65% of patients had a documented visit with an asthma specialist during the follow-up period. N Engl J Med. 2019;380:2020-2030.

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The Value of a Medically Integrated Pharmacy to Maximize Cost Avoidance and Reduce Waste of Oral Oncolytic Medications

Pharmacy Times

During this time frame, the pharmacy documented 152 interventions. If a discrepancy is found, the pharmacy nurses will hold the shipment, and a clinical intervention will be communicated to the provider. Results American Oncology Network (AON) Pharmacy collected data on waste and cost avoidance from February 2023 to September 2023.

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Immunotherapy Takes the Lead in Advanced Cutaneous Malignancies

Pharmacy Times

Blood cancer patients are usually at higher risk due to prior chemotherapy, and maybe we don’t need the same kind of prophylactic medications for solid tumor patients. It’s also helpful to hear from managed care experts—understanding their concerns and what documentation is needed to ensure patients can get coverage for the latest treatments.

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Learning Module

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Who are allowed to dispense or compound any poison for use in medical treatment? Good Compounding Practice Good Manufacturing Practice PIC/S Guidelines Briefly explain basic principles of compounding. In the absence of stability data, how long is the duration before the compounded preparations need to be discarded?

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Contents

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Drug Complaint - Actions to be taken Drug Recall - A brief overview Sterile and Nonsterile Manufacturing & Prepacking Extemporaneous Formulation - Discussing on references, vehicle in extemporaneous formulations and alcohol in compounding Extemporaneous Preparation with Unknown Stability - Some recommendations Extemporaneous Compounding - Discussing (..)