Michael Rybak, PhaRM.D., M.P.h. is Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine, and Director, Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Wayne State University (WSU), Detroit, MI. ben loMaestRo, PhaRM.D., is Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Infectious Diseases, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY. John c. RotschafeR, PhaRM.D., is Professor, Departmen...

PURPOSE The design and implementation of a preceptor development program involving close collaboration by the pharmacy residency program director (RPD) and members of a residency advisory committee (RAC) are described. SUMMARY In 2011 the Nebraska Medical Center (NMC) implemented a program to foster the development of preceptors' teaching and clinical skills, as required by accreditation stan...

Background: Sepsis is one of the most important causes of death in infants. The pattern of bacterial agents responsible for neonatal septicemia changes over time. The main aim of the present study was to provide a clinical guideline adapted for treatment of neonatal sepsis based on the frequency of microbial agents in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Alzahra Hospital, Tabriz, Iran.Meth...

Albumin is an expensive drug which imposes relatively high cost on the health care system. Doing ABC analysis in Shahid Motahari Hospital, it was revealed that albumin is categorized in class A. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the pattern of albumin use and the physicians' adherence to evidenced-based albumin guidelines in this large general non-teaching hospital in Shiraz, Iran....

Correctional facilities include county, state, and federal jails, prisons, and detention centers whose populations may be adult or juvenile, U.S. citizen or noncitizen, sentenced inmates or detainees awaiting judicial proceedings. They may be managed directly by the relevant jurisdiction, run by a private company providing services under contract, or a combination of the two. Case law and histo...

The provision of drug information (DI) is among the fundamental professional responsibilities of all pharmacists. Recent practice trends, including increased provision of medication therapy management services and efforts to obtain provider status, have placed pharmacists in increasingly complex patient-care roles and necessitated a higher level of competence by all pharmacists in meeting DI ne...

Consistent with the intent of the Code of Ethics for Pharmacists “to state publicly the principles that form the fundamental basis of the roles and responsibilities of pharmacists,” the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists issues this Statement on Pharmacist Decisionmaking on Assisted Suicide. The practice of providing competent patients with pharmaceutical means of ending their lives ...

ASHP gratefully acknowledges the following organizations and individuals for reviewing these guidelines (review does not imply endorsement): American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; American Pharmacists Association; Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists; Idaho Society of Health-System Pharmacists; New Hampshire Society of Health-System Pharmacists; Pharmacy Technician Certification Boar...