Adherence to prescribed medications is associated with improved clinical outcomes for chronic disease management and reduced mortality from chronic conditions. Conversely, nonadherence is associated with higher rates of hospital admissions, suboptimal health outcomes, increased morbidity and mortality, and increased health care costs. Approximately one in five new prescriptions are never filled, and among those filled, approximately 50% are taken incorrectly, particularly regarding timing, ... [ Read More ]
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Security and Documentation for Medications and Supplies
Do you have a handle on securing your medications and knowing if your kits have been opened or if someone has been tampering? Do you have a method of easily identifying which kits need inventory replenishment? Do you have good sign-in and sign-out logs? Security seals, also known as tamper tags or locks, are great tools that simplify answering these questions. Seals allow items to be secure and for you to easily document items with sequential numbers to enhance security. Attaching one of ... [ Read More ]
Safe Medication Preparation
The inside of a hospital pharmacy is a much busier place than one can imagine. You have the receiving of medications and supplies, labeling, the stocking of shelves, extemporaneous medication packaging, sterile compounding of medications, STAT med orders, patient-specific needs, security of controlled substances, replenishment schedules and much more. All of these responsibilities involve personnel and introduce areas of interruption and potential for medication preparation ... [ Read More ]
