We hope your summer has brought a mix of adventure, meaningful time with family and friends, and opportunities for professional growth.  And dare I say we hope you’ve had a minute to unplug and read some great books or watch some new shows?  For members of the Rpharmy team—John, Caroline, and I—it’s been all of the above. We recently traveled to Romania for an exciting first: meeting our talented team of product developers and business analysts in person.

Rpharmy Client, Medication Safety Officer to Host Lunch and Learn Event Focused on How Scripps Health Uses Rhazdrugs to Protect Healthcare Workers From Hazardous Drugs Exposure

 HD Safety Beyond the Pharmacy & How to Stratify Risk

How is Your HD List Management Really Going? 

Learning from other healthcare systems’ successes and even failures helps everyone better protect patients and healthcare workers. We’ve been fortunate that Erica Bane, Pharm.D., BCPS, Medication Safety Officer from Scripps Health, has openly shared Scripps’ experience transforming their hazardous drug management process from relying on an Excel document to a larger, more secure, and more effective program that truly safeguards healthcare workers and in turn, protects patients too.

Lead Customer Experience Specialist Sherlene Christen Earns Silver for Front-Line Service Professional of the Year; Director of Business Development Caroline McBreen Secures Bronze for Business Development Professional of the Year

In session three of our recent Rhazdrugs webinar series, we covered the importance of integrating hazardous drug information into the EHR and how Rhazdrugs makes this a simple, no-brainer task. 

If healthcare facilities genuinely want to protect their people from the harmful effects of hazardous drug exposure, they must go beyond the basics of NIOSH. In the second installment of our webinar series, we discussed why it's important to go beyond the NIOSH list and offered some tips based on what your peers are doing to protect their people.

As we reflect on the first full year since USP <800> became enforceable in early 2023, it's clear that compliance has been both a challenge and a learning opportunity for healthcare facilities nationwide. The initial inspections revealed that even well-prepared organizations discovered areas requiring additional attention and refinement in their hazardous drug safety protocols.

Founder of USP <800> Compliance, Healthcare Worker, Patient Safety Technology Provider Recognized for Thought Leadership Excellence