Download or read book ASHP Best Practices 2014 2015 written by American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than half a century ago, ASHP® developed its earliest proposed practice standard--the Proposed Minimum Standards for Pharmacies in Hospitals. Today, ASHP continues to foster concrete improvements in pharmacy practice and in the therapeutic use of drugs with its annual compilation of ASHP guidance documents: ASHP Best Practices. These guidance documents have stimulated improvements in pharmacy practice and operations, influenced accreditation standards, laws, and regulations (both in the United States and in other countries), and contributed to an awareness among consumers and policymakers of the vital patient care role of pharmacists. With Best Practices, ASHP continues to provide positions and more than 70 ASHP guidance documents of varying scope that provide ongoing advice to practitioners and health systems to help improve the medication-use process, patient care and safety, and patient outcomes and quality of life. * ASHP Statements * ASHP Guidelines * Technical Assistance Bulletins * Therapeutic Position Statements * Therapeutic Guidelines * ASHP-Endorsed Documents Substantial content has been added or revised since the release of the 2013-2014 edition. New or revised material in this edition includes: * ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors with Chemotherapy and Biotherapy * ASHP Guidelines on the Pharmacist's Role in Providing Drug Information * ASHP Statement on the Pharmacist's Role in Clinical Pharmacogenomics * ASHP Therapeutic Position Statement on Strategies for Identifying and Preventing Pneumococcal Resistance ASHP Best Practices is the most comprehensive set of quality guidelines available to the pharmacy profession.

Download or read book ASHP Best Practices 2015 2016 written by Bruce Hawkins and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive set of quality guidelines available to the pharmacy profession. More than half a century ago, ASHP� developed its earliest proposed practice standard--the Proposed Minimum Standards for Pharmacies in Hospitals. Today, ASHP continues to foster concrete improvements in pharmacy practice and in the therapeutic use of drugs with its annual compilation of ASHP guidance documents: ASHP Best Practices. These guidance documents have stimulated improvements in pharmacy practice and operations, influenced accreditation standards, laws, and regulations (both in the United States and in other countries), and contributed to an awareness among consumers and policymakers of the vital patient care role of pharmacists. ASHP positions and more than 70 ASHP guidance documents of varying scope that provide ongoing advice to practitioners and health systems to help improve the medication-use process, patient care and safety, and patient outcomes and quality of life. �ASHP Statements �ASHP Guidelines �Technical Assistance Bulletins �Therapeutic Position Statements �Therapeutic Guidelines �ASHP-Endorsed Documents Substantial content has been added or revised since the release of the 2014-2015 edition. New or revised material in this edition includes: ASHP Guidelines on Outsourcing Sterile Compounding Services ASHP Guidelines: Minimum Standard for Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice ASHP Guidelines on the Design of Database-Driven Clinical Decision Support ASHP Guidelines on Pharmacist Involvement in HIV Care ASHP Statement on the Roles and Responsibilities of the Pharmacy Executive ASHP Statement on Pharmacist's Role in Substance Abuse, Prevention, Education, and Assistance ASHP Statement on the Pharmacist's Role in Clinical Informatics ASHP is the national professional organization whose more than 40,000 members include pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians who serve as patient care providers on healthcare teams in acute and ambulatory settings. For over 70 years, ASHP has been on the forefront of efforts to improve medication use and advance healthcare. For more information about the wide array of ASHP activities and the many ways in which pharmacists help people make the best use of medicines, visit ASHP's website, www.ashp.org, or its consumer website, www.safemedication.com.

Download or read book ASHP Best Practices written by Bruce Hawkins and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Best Practices Position and Guidance Documents of ASHP written by American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and published by ASHP. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 2239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Most Comprehensive Set of Quality Guidelines Available to the Pharmacy Profession ASHP positions and more than 80 ASHP guidance documents of varying scope provide ongoing advice to practitioners and health systems to help improve the medication-use process, patient care and safety, and patient outcomes and quality of life. ASHP Statements ASHP Guidelines Technical Assistance Bulletins Therapeutic Position Statements Therapeutic Guidelines ASHP-Endorsed Documents

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Download or read book Preventing Medication Errors written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996 the Institute of Medicine launched the Quality Chasm Series, a series of reports focused on assessing and improving the nation's quality of health care. Preventing Medication Errors is the newest volume in the series. Responding to the key messages in earlier volumes of the seriesâ€"To Err Is Human (2000), Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001), and Patient Safety (2004)â€"this book sets forth an agenda for improving the safety of medication use. It begins by providing an overview of the system for drug development, regulation, distribution, and use. Preventing Medication Errors also examines the peer-reviewed literature on the incidence and the cost of medication errors and the effectiveness of error prevention strategies. Presenting data that will foster the reduction of medication errors, the book provides action agendas detailing the measures needed to improve the safety of medication use in both the short- and long-term. Patients, primary health care providers, health care organizations, purchasers of group health care, legislators, and those affiliated with providing medications and medication- related products and services will benefit from this guide to reducing medication errors.

Download or read book The Chapter 800 Answer Book written by Patricia C. Kienle and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides explanation of elements of USP Hazardous Drugs' Handling in Healthcare Settings and best practices to comply with the requirements and recommendations of the USP General Chapter"--Pref.

Download or read book Best Practices for Hospital and Health System Pharmacy 2013 2014 written by American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and published by ASHP. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 1383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ASHP position statements and more than 70 guidance documents of varying scope provide ongoing advice to managers and practitioners to help improve the medication-use process, patient care and safety, and patient outcomes and quality of life. New or revised material in this edition includes: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the Intensive Care Unit ASHP Therapeutic Position Statement on the Role of Pharmacotherapy in Preventing Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized ASHP Guidelines on Compounding Sterile Preparations ASHP Guidelines on Home Infusion Pharmacy Services ASHP Statement on the Pharmacy Technician’s Role in Pharmacy Informatics ASHP Statement on the Pharmacist’s Role in Substance Abuse Prevention, Education, and Assistance.

Download or read book Hospital Based Emergency Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-05-03 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today our emergency care system faces an epidemic of crowded emergency departments, patients boarding in hallways waiting to be admitted, and daily ambulance diversions. Hospital-Based Emergency Care addresses the difficulty of balancing the roles of hospital-based emergency and trauma care, not simply urgent and lifesaving care, but also safety net care for uninsured patients, public health surveillance, disaster preparation, and adjunct care in the face of increasing patient volume and limited resources. This new book considers the multiple aspects to the emergency care system in the United States by exploring its strengths, limitations, and future challenges. The wide range of issues covered includes: • The role and impact of the emergency department within the larger hospital and health care system. • Patient flow and information technology. • Workforce issues across multiple disciplines. • Patient safety and the quality and efficiency of emergency care services. • Basic, clinical, and health services research relevant to emergency care. • Special challenges of emergency care in rural settings. Hospital-Based Emergency Care is one of three books in the Future of Emergency Care series. This book will be of particular interest to emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems.

Download or read book Best Practices for Hospital and Health System Pharmacy 2012 2013 written by American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and published by . This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ASHP position statements and more than 70 guidance documents of varying scope provide ongoing advice to managers and practitioners to help improve the medication-use process, patient care and safety, and patient outcomes and quality of life. New material in this edition includes a revised minimum standard for pharmacies in hospitals; statements on the pharmacist's role in medication reconciliation, the role of the medication safety leader, and pharmacy professionals use of social media; and therapeutic recommendations regarding institutional use of 0.9% sodium chloride injection to maintain the patency of peripheral indwelling intermittent infusion devices and the role of pharmacotherapy in the prevention of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients.

Download or read book Competence Assessment Tools for Health System Pharmacists written by Lee B. Murdaugh and published by ASHP. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original publication, Competence Assessment Tools for Health-System Pharmacies has continued to meet the changing needs of pharmacy directors and their staff. Designed as a complete human resource competence assessment program, this benchmark resource ensures pharmacy compliance with the competence assessment standards of The Joint Commission, other accrediting organizations, and the CMS Conditions of Participation. Newly updated and expanded, Competence Assessment Tools for Health-System Pharmacies provides practical tools to assess and document an employee’s ability to perform assigned duties and meet the human resource requirements of CMS, The Joint Commission, and other accrediting organizations. Save time and increase efficiency with this essential tool that supplements and reinforces staff knowledge in key competency areas. New to the Fifth Edition: - Enhanced companion website that allows you to easily adapt many of the forms included in the book for your own practice including the job descriptions and orientation record. - Updated resources for customizing job descriptions, including job description, competence assessment summary, and performance evaluation templates for a Pharmacy Purchasing Technician. - Inclusion of a study guide for the emergency management chapter. - New competencies on Medication Dosing in Patients with Hepatic Dysfunction, Pharmacokinetics: Aminoglycosides; Parenteral Anticoagulant Therapy; Oral Anticoagulant Therapy; and Compounding Non-Sterile Preparations - A new set of four competencies specifically devoted to pharmacy technicians. Also included, for the first time, is a crosswalk of all competencies which indicates which competencies are for use only with pharmacists, only with pharmacy technicians, or appropriate for both. - A new chapter on Educating the Pharmacy Staff. - New test questions in many chapters including use of a patient case report format for tests in the clinically-oriented chapters.

Download or read book The Pharmacist s Guide to Evidence Based Medicine for Clinical Decision Making written by Patrick J. Bryant and published by ASHP. This book was released on 2008-08-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take the Practical Approach to Applying EBM Principles Pharmacists who make clinical decisions based on experience alone overestimate the efficacy and underestimate the safety risks of drugs. This leads to variations in services and treatment that result in inappropriate care, lack of care, and increased healthcare costs. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) employs the scientific method as the key source of knowledge for making clinical decisions. This easy-to-use new guide provides a practical approach for confidently applying EBM principles in daily practice. It's a straightforward process that allows pharmacists to incorporate their own clinical judgment while they make firm decisions and recommendations based on results of rigorously conducted clinical trials. Based on a five-step process perfected over 10 years at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Pharmacy, this exciting new method makes it easy to apply the EBM approach in clinical settings. The new process streamlines the highly technical and complex original EBM method, greatly reducing its complexity while maintaining rigor. Categorizing quality of the evidence in a simple and logical manner, it provides critical, time-sensitive support for clinical decision-making.

Download or read book Evidence Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice Sixth Edition written by Marie Boltz, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Note to Readers: Publisher does not guarantee quality or access to any included digital components if book is purchased through a third-party seller. AJN Book of the Year 2016 First-Place Winner in Gerontological Nursing! “The evidence-based protocols are designed as a primary reference and are useful, substantive, and timely....The broader contributions of useful format and succinct review of the evidence make it likely that this text will continue to be the leading resource in nursing education and practice.” —The Gerontologist “As a gerontological clinical educator/research nurse, I will often use this as a reference. The format and the content are good, and the explanations of how to best use the evidence simplify the process of sifting through mountains of information to figure the best practice.” Score: 97,**** —Doody’s The newest edition of this distinguished reference in geriatric nursing delivers updated guidelines, new illustrative case studies, and the latest evidence-based protocols developed by leading researchers, educators, and practitioners in each topic area. The sixth edition includes new approaches devoted to supporting LGBTQ+ elders, persons living with dementia and their families, and older adults living with HIV. New operational strategies provide guidance in using the electronic health record, implementing improved person-centered care approaches, and maintaining age-friendly atmospheres. Using evidence derived from all levels of care, this text offers developed guidelines for improving both quality and outcomes when caring for older adults in multiple disciplines, including interprofessional team members, long-term care and other staff educators, social workers, dietitians, and physicians. Chapters provide assessment and management principles, clinical interventions, specialty practice, and models of care. They consistently feature chapter objectives, annotated references, evidence ratings for each protocol, and resources for further investigation. Each protocol is embedded within the chapter content to provide context and detailed evidence. The protocols consistently include an overview, evidence-based assessment, intervention strategies, and a supporting case study with discussion. PowerPoint presentations and a test bank are available as instructor’s resources. New Chapters: Informational Technology: Embedding CPGs Organizational Approaches to Promote Person-Centered Care Environmental Approaches to Support Aging-Friendly Care HIV Prevention and Care for the Older Adult LGBTQ+ Perspectives Key Features: Best practices for in-patient, in-home, and long-term care settings Case studies with discussions in each chapter to illustrate application of clinical practice and related Nursing Standard of Practice Protocol The AGREE systematic method was used to evaluate each protocol and validate this book’s content Instructor’s resources including PowerPoints and a Test Bank Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices and computers

Download or read book Evidence Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice written by Marie Boltz, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of one of the premier references for geriatric nurses in hospital, long-term, and community settings delivers current guidelines, real-life case studies, and evidence-based protocols developed by master educators and practitioners. With a focus on improving quality of care, cost-effectiveness, and outcome, the fifth edition is updated to provide the most current information about care of common clinical conditions and issues in older patients. Several new expert contributors present current guidelines about hip fractures, frailty, perioperative and postoperative care, palliative care, and senior-friendly emergency departments. Additionally, chapters have been reorganized to enhance logical flow of content and easy information retrieval. Protocols, systematically tested by more than 300 participating NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Health system Elders) hospitals‚ are organized in a consistent format and include an overview, evidence-based assessment and intervention strategies, and an illustrative case study with discussion. Additionally, protocols are embedded within chapter text, providing the context and detailed evidence for each. Chapter objectives, annotated references,and evidence ratings for each protocol are provided along with resources for additional study. New to the Fifth Edition: Reorganized to enhance logical flow of information and ease of use Updated and revised Includes new contributions from expert educators and practitioners Provides new chapters on perioperative and postoperative care, general surgical care, care of hip fracture, palliative care, and the senior-friendly emergency department Key Features: Includes PowerPoints and a test bank for instructors Delivers evidence-based, current guidelines and protocols for care of common clinical conditions in the older person Illustrates the application of clinical protocols to real-life practice through case studies and discussion Edited by nationally known geriatric leaders who are endorsed by the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and NICHE Written for nursing students, nurse leaders, and practitioners at all levels, including those in specialty roles

Download or read book Pharmacy Practice in Developing Countries written by Ahmed Fathelrahman and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-02-13 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pharmacy Practice in Developing Countries: Achievements and Challenges offers a detailed review of the history and development of pharmacy practice in developing countries across Africa, Asia, and South America. Pharmacy practice varies substantially from country to country due to variations in needs and expectations, culture, challenges, policy, regulations, available resources, and other factors. This book focuses on each country’s strengths and achievements, as well as areas of weakness, barriers to improvement and challenges. It sets out to establish a baseline for best practices, taking all of these factors into account and offering solutions and opportunities for the future. This book is a valuable resource for academics, researchers, practicing pharmacists, policy makers, and students involved in pharmacy practice worldwide as it provides lessons learned on a global scale and seeks to advance the pharmacy profession. Uses the latest research and statistics to document the history and development of pharmacy practice in developing countries Describes current practice across various pharmacy sectors to supply a valuable comparative analysis across countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America Highlights areas of achievement, strengths, uniqueness, and future opportunities to provide a basis for learning and improvement Establishes a baseline for best practices and solutions

Download or read book The Clinical Practice of Drug Information written by Michael Gabay and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This resource will educate students and pharmacists on traditional drug information topics while providing an extensive background on more recent practice areas. This is a user-friendly text with multiple examples that can be used in education and training, as well as clinical practice. Each chapter includes learning objectives, key terms, example

Download or read book Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy written by Philip Wiffen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-08 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complementing the guidelines in the British National Formulary, the third edition of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy remains the indispensable guide to clinical pharmacy, providing all the information needed for practising and student pharmacists. It presents handy practical guidance in a quick-reference, bullet-point format to give the reader the knowledge and confidence needed to provide a clinical pharmacy service. Including key information on controlled drugs, adverse drug reactions, interactions, communication skills, and confidentiality, this extensively revised addition to the bestselling Oxford Handbook series is the fundamental pharmacy reference tool. It features chapters on adherence, anaphylaxis, clinical trials, herbal medicines, palliative care, patient management, pharmaceutical calculations, research, policy, and therapy related issues. Thoroughly revised and updated, the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy includes brand new topics, including content on health coaching, residency and on-call, HIV and TB and mental health.