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Education Of Heparin Per Pharmacy Guidelines To Increase Compliance, Safety, And Pharmacists’ Management Of Heparin Infusions, Christopher Truong, Braxton Mehl
Education Of Heparin Per Pharmacy Guidelines To Increase Compliance, Safety, And Pharmacists’ Management Of Heparin Infusions, Christopher Truong, Braxton Mehl
Providence Pharmacy PGY1 Program at Providence Medford 2020
Presentation Title: Education of heparin per pharmacy guidelines to increase compliance, safety, and pharmacists’ management of heparin infusions
Authors: Christopher Truong, PharmD and Braxton Mehl, PharmD, BCCCP
Facility: Providence Medford Medical Center
Background: Element of Performance 4 of The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal 03.05.01 requires that hospitals have a written policy that addresses the need for baseline and ongoing laboratory tests to monitor and adjust anticoagulant therapy. Our hospital has a written Anticoagulation Management General Operating Policy for heparin orders managed through nursing or pharmacy. Currently, most heparin orders are nurse-managed and have resulted in lab and dosing …
Empowering Caregivers To Recognize, Support, And Treat Opioid Use Disorder: An Interdisciplinary Assessment Of Knowledge, Attitudes, And Comfort Level Pre And Post-Education, Annette Sprankle, Mika Michaels
Empowering Caregivers To Recognize, Support, And Treat Opioid Use Disorder: An Interdisciplinary Assessment Of Knowledge, Attitudes, And Comfort Level Pre And Post-Education, Annette Sprankle, Mika Michaels
Providence Pharmacy PGY1 Program at Providence Medford 2020
Author: Annette Sprankle, PGY1 Pharmacy Resident, PMMC
Title: Empowering caregivers to recognize, support, and treat opioid use disorder: an interdisciplinary assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and comfort level pre and post-education
Background: Substance use disorder affects approximately one in every four hospitalized patients. These patients are often treated for the admitting medical issue without addressing their substance use disorder. A hospital admission provides an opportunity to connect patients to the medical system. Evidence demonstrates that starting medication-assisted treatment in the hospital reduces the risk of overdose upon discharge, rate of hospital readmission, length of stay, and hospital expenditures.
Purpose: The purpose …