In response to national tragedies surrounding compounded sterile medications and acute awareness of the danger of handling hazardous drugs (e.g. chemo); new regulatory standards are being set forth ...
Setting a New Standard in Safety: BPTS introduces the first board certification in hazardous compounding to enhance safety and expertise. HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES ...
May 6—Compounding pharmacies can offer a life-saving medicine to patients who may not be able to take standard medication, but the industry is in the midst of challenges because of rules and ...
ROCKVILLE, Md., June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- USP released new and revised standards to help ensure the quality of compounded medicines. The updates pertain to the USP General Chapters on compounding ...
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Convention’s Chapter 800, “Hazardous Drugs — Handling in Healthcare Settings,” goes into effect Dec. 1. The new standards provide detailed specifications for the ...
Ensuring clinically sound, cost-effective medication therapy is a critical function of pharmacists. Yet addressing the costly and potentially dangerous process of sterile IV compounding—one of the ...
In October 2012, an outbreak of fungal meningitis was reported in the United States. The infection was traced to fungal contamination in IV fluid epidural steroid injections prepared by New England ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL), a leading provider of medication management solutions and adherence tools for health systems and pharmacies, today announced ...
As technology has progressed, automation has been successfully introduced into several areas of healthcare practice, such as surgery and data processing, providing a range of benefits from greater ...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UMass Memorial Medical Center in Massachusetts has selected the CytoCare TM robot from McKesson to automate the compounding of intravenous (IV) drugs. The robotic technology ...
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- McKesson today announced that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Health Robotics to distribute, service and support the i.v.STATION Robot, which ...
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