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Controlled Substance Reporting Isn’t Just for DEA Anymore

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

The Federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and its regulations require Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) registrants to submit certain reports related to narcotic drug transactions, thefts and significant losses, and suspicious orders. They do not know that controlled substance reporting isn’t just for DEA anymore.

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STAT+: DEA reverses a policy to avert morphine shortages

STAT

The DEA dictates the quantity of controlled substances that drug companies are allowed to make. Until this year, those quotas were set annually for Schedule II drugs, such as morphine and other injectable opioids that hospitals regularly use. 

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An Informatics Approach to Preventing Diversion of Controlled Substances

Pharmacy Times

Data analysis can help hospitals address waste of controlled substances that fuels diversion and increased costs.

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Uh Oh, A Controlled Substance Bottle Spilled or Broke. Now What?

epicur

The following blog is written by Epicur Pharma’s Advisory Council member Jan Woods, a veterinary hospital consultant, and national speaker with expertise in DEA compliance, state and federal regulations, and clinic and hospital practice management. Have you ever broken or spilled a bottle of a controlled substance?

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How to Leverage the Revised ASHP Guidelines to Prevent the Diversion of Controlled Substances at Hospitals

Pharmacy Times

A controlled substances diversion prevention program (CSDPP) that aligns with the revised ASHP guidelines is critical to ensure patients are protected from occurrences of drug diversion.

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So You Want To Build An Outpatient Pharmacy For Your Hospital? Here’s What’s Involved.

Proxsys Rx

On June 12, ProxsysRx opened its pharmacy in Holyoke Medical Center — a 198-bed independent community hospital in Holyoke, Massachusetts. While we’d signed on with the hospital to build and manage their outpatient pharmacy, our working relationship progressed so well that they asked if we would also manage their inpatient pharmacy.

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Four Times When My Pharmacy Had To Say “No” — And We Weren’t Just Being Difficult

The Happy PharmD

But I have had hospital employees who came to the Pharmacy and asked for [free] antacid liquid or [free] acetaminophen tablets. especially since they worked in the hospital. A college student was a patient in our hospital. He had gotten ill while he was in school and was rushed to our hospital. I’m sorry,” I often said.