New credential formally recognizes pharmacy technicians as essential leaders in medication error prevention and patient ...

Intravenous (IV) compounding safety has garnered recent attention as a result of high-profile incidents, awareness efforts from the safety community, and increasingly ...

The topic of medication errors is not a new topic, nor is it one that will disappear from the focus of the healthcare environment. Patient safety will always be first and foremost in all areas of ...

Compounding combines an ageless art with the latest medical knowledge, allowing pharmacists to prepare personalized medications to meet each patient’s specific needs. Compounding is fundamental to the ...

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Unlike conventional pharmacies, which mostly dispense premade drugs in standard doses, compounding pharmacies make, or "compound," medications on the premises, according to federal guidelines. For ...