Patient Safety
Initial reaction to FDA stance on syringes as standalone storage container
This morning I woke to the news that No Syringe Is Approved as a Standalone Storage Container, FDA Says. This I’m sure is in response to the recent issue with BD syringes and drug stability. I need to think about this more, but my gut reaction is that this is huge and will have a […]
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Is multi-dose packaging really a solution to medication adherence?
Multi-dose packaging has been a part of pharmacy for longer than I’ve been a pharmacist. It’s mostly been limited to long term care (LTC), such as nursing homes, rehab facilities, etc. It’s not something that’s commonly used in acute care hospitals for a host of reasons, most notably medication regimens frequently change in acute care […]
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BD Intelliport System receives recognition
I wrote about BD Intelliport back in January. It’s an impressive system. Others think so, too.
Posted in Medication Safety | Tagged Medication Errors, Medication Safety, Patient Safety | Permalink | 1 Response
Using data to build proactive drug error prevention models
“Data is variously described as the oxygen of the digital economy or the new raw material of the 21st century.“-Nigel Shadbolt There are more than a few issues with today’s medication order entry systems. However, in this post I want to focus on only two. First, alert fatigue. As a pharmacist that has entered his […]
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Automated intravenous fluid monitoring at the bedside
Over the years I’ve had a lot of ideas, some good and some not. When an idea comes to me I typically record it in a notebook that I have sitting on my desk. Occasionally I return to the notebook and review the ideas to see how many of the ideas still have merit. Sometimes […]
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Saturday morning coffee [February 21 2015]
“An error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.” – Orlando A. Battista So much happens each and every week, and it’s hard to keep up sometimes. Here are some of the tabs that are open in my browser this morning along with some random thoughts…. The mug below was sitting next […]
Posted in Saturday Coffee | Tagged box office, Coffee, EHR, Food, Medication Adherence, mHealth, Mobile Healthcare, Patient Safety, Pharmacy, Robotics, Smartphone | Permalink | 3 Responses