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Safe Use Of Parenteral Nutrition, Jane Gervasio

Jane M. Gervasio

At the end of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Review the ASPEN Parenteral Nutrition Safety Task Force guidelines and practice implications focusing on the pharmacist's role with special attention to ordering, verifying, labeling and compounding parenteral nutrition. 2. Discuss steps in handling parenteral nutrition product shortages. 3. Address the necessity of competency-based educational curricula in schools of pharmacy and pharmacy technician programs and continued parenteral nutrition education in pharmacy residencies and healthcare organizations