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Hospital Pharmacy Considerations
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PharMEDium is a Logical Solution
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Enhance patient safety
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- FDA-approved sterile components that are bar-coded and traced throughout the compounding process
- Each admixture undergoes rigorous quality processes to ensure sterility, potency and stability
- Beyond use dating based on real-time stability
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Minimize risk of harm associated with complex preparations used in high-risk patients
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Utilizes FDA-approved, sterile drug components and containers, wherever possible, providing a high quality safe preparation
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Reduce workload involved in preparation of commonly used admixtures
Free up pharmacist time for clinical duties
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Conducts ongoing education, training and evaluation of personnel
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Avoid waste in compounding sterile preparations
Reduce waste of routinely-used drugs
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Absorbs waste associated with the pharmacy compounding process and clinical preparations
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Better handling of shortages of manufacturer RTU preparations
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- Stays abreast of data, trends and publicity that affect shortages
- Maintains back-up facilities in the event of a production disruption
- Prepared for an emergency with a disaster recovery plan
- Capable of servicing the entire hospital marketplace
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Improve hospital efficiencies
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Provide LEAN solutions to help improve hospital efficiencies
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Realize cost efficiencies with regard to supplies, labor, equipment, sterility testing, and managing medication errors
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Finds and implements savings initiatives while maintaining the highest level of quality to ensure patient safety
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Facilitate compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements
Minimize institutional paperwork
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- Meets or Exceeds USP Chapter <797> requirements
- Adheres to applicable cGMP requirements
- Is registered with the FDA and DEA
- Holds State Board of Pharmacy in-state and out-of-state licenses
- Maintains documented processes
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Avoid dose measurement errors, wrong drug errors due to “syringe swaps”, errors related to lack of double-checking by staff
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Ability to track FDA-approved components from point-of-care, with verification of all compounding process steps
Automated process verification system ensures each admixture’s accuracy from sterile FDA components through the compounding process including labeling, packaging, and shipping to the customer’s facility.
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Circumvent problems related to failure to use proper aseptic technique
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Compounding staff undergoes rigorous competency reviews prior to pharmacy compounding. This includes general policies and procedures, as well as those for cleaning and disinfection, storage and handling, facilities and equipment, garb, aseptic technique and preparation, media-fill validation, expiration dating, labeling, end-product evaluation and documentation.
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Improve labeling/use of bar coding and controlled substance reconciliation
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Provides labels that help ensure easily recognizable drug name and identification
Bar codes include NDC#, lot# and expiration date in one scan for better patient traceability
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Provide for extended beyond-use dates
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Beyond-use dating is based on real time stability testing
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