Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Skip to main content
Study

ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: dispensing and administration—2008.

Pedersen CA, Schneider PJ, Scheckelhoff DJ. ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: dispensing and administration--2008. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66(10):926-46. doi:10.2146/ajhp080715.

Save
Print
May 20, 2009
Pedersen CA, Schneider PJ, Scheckelhoff DJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66(10):926-46.
View more articles from the same authors.

Conducted by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), this survey of more than 1300 pharmacy directors sought to evaluate the use of safety measures targeting medication dispensing and administration errors. Some positive signs were found in that use of proven technologies such as bar coding and smart infusion pumps has increased, but the overall proportion of hospitals using these technologies remains relatively low. Only a small proportion of hospitals had pharmacists attached to the emergency department (ED) or reviewed medication orders in the ED for errors. Prior surveys by the ASHP have examined the use of safety mechanisms for preventing prescribing and transcribing errors.

Save
Print
Cite
Citation

Pedersen CA, Schneider PJ, Scheckelhoff DJ. ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: dispensing and administration--2008. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66(10):926-46. doi:10.2146/ajhp080715.

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Related Resources