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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) says pharmacists in hospitals and health systems are ready to play an expanded role in patient care and medication therapy if FDA decides to designate certain prescription-only drugs as behind-the-counter (BTC) drugs.
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Researchers at Creighton University Medical Center and the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions have found that using prefilled disposable insulin pens rather than conventional vials and syringes in hospitalized diabetic patients led to greater patient satisfaction and cost savings.
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It is a well-known fact that as we get older, our bones lose mass and become increasingly weaker.
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FDA asked Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. to suspend marketing of Trasylol®, used to control bleeding during heart surgery, pending detailed review of preliminary results from a Canadian study suggesting an increased risk for death.
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Spurred by a medication error involving dangerous doses of heparin administered to the newborn children of actor Dennis Quaid, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) reiterated calls for systemic changes to help reduce medication errors.
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Using a multidisciplinary medication reconciliation process can reduce the number of medication discrepancies that occur during admission and discharge.
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Research conducted by Temple University Hospital and Temple University School of Pharmacy has found that having a pharmacist make rounds with a medicine team improves the accuracy of medication reconciliation and decreases adverse events due to medication error.
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Many nursing home patients are admitted with prescriptions for proton pump inhibitors or H2-receptor antagonists without any obvious indication.
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