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Community Pharmacy Consultant Bruce Kneeland and Theresa Dickinson, RPh, owner of Melrose Pharmacy in Phoenix, AZ, discusses compounding at the Melrose Pharmacy.
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Patricia Kienle, BSPHARM, MPA, FASHP, talks about on the appropriate facilities in which to perform sterile compounding in this video, filmed during the 2019 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Summer Meetings & Exhibition in Boston.
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A US District Court decision has upheld the agency's interpretation of the clinical need for these products that are used by outsourcing facilities.
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As the deadline for full implementation approaches, hospitals must create an action plan and timeline for completion.
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Patricia Kienle, BSPHARM, MPA, FASHP, discusses how and why compounding pharmacies should work with interdisciplinary teams on issues of patient safety.
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Patricia Kienle, BSPHARM, MPA, FASHP, discusses how pharmacists can be key players in maintaining safe, sterile compounding standards throughout an entire health system.
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A pharmacy compounding club at the Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has implemented a new approach to interprofessional education (IPE), partnering with a medical dermatology club from Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences.
Community Pharmacy Consultant Bruce Kneeland speaks with Kevin DeMass, RPh, President of Apothecary Shoppe, Salt Lake City, UT, about specialized medicines and purchasing contracts.
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Patricia Kienle, BSPHARM, MPA, FASHP director of Accreditation and Medication Safety for Cardinal Health in Dublin, OH discusses the application of sterile compounding standards in hospital areas outside the pharmacy.
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Dennis Killian, PharmD, PhD, Director of Pharmacy Services, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, MD, discusses how his hospital utilized IV robotics to prepare pharmacy products on site.
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Dennis Killian, PharmD, PhD, Director of Pharmacy Service at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, MD, discusses motivating factors for the hospital's use of IV automation.
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