October 24th 2024
Nina Vadiei, PharmD, BCPP, a clinical associate professor at UT Austin and a clinical pharmacy specialist in psychiatry at San Antonio State Hospital, discusses her career as a psychiatric pharmacist.
E-prescribing systems prevent more errors than they cause, study says
June 4th 2013An audit of two electronic prescribing systems found frequent system-related errors. But the audit, published online in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, found that only a small percentage of those errors were serious and that e-PS prevent more errors than they create.
Disinfecting all ICU patients significantly reduces MRSA
May 30th 2013Decolonization of all intensive care unit patients with antimicrobial soap and ointment significantly reduces all bloodstream infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.