Rpharmy’s In-house expert Sherlene Christen broke down the new NIOSH 2024 drug classifications while showcasing updates to Rhazdrugs inspired by customer feedback. Here are the highlights:
- How healthcare facilities are adapting to major changes like reclassifying antineoplastics and creating smarter tracking systems beyond basic compliance
- Innovative new features that make workflows smoother, including multiple file uploads
- A new two-tier approval system in Rhazdrugs provided extra oversight for multi-facility health systems and meeting California's recent regulations
This webinar reveals how going beyond the NIOSH minimum can literally save lives and protect your staff from dangerous drug exposures. Here are the highlights:
- Five game-changing tips, from tracking more than 238 hazardous drugs to creating categories to protect healthcare workers from monoclonal antibodies to potential illicit drug encounters.
- Smart healthcare teams are doing so much more than just checking boxes when it comes to hazardous drug safety.
- Blog recapping the webinar located in the Safety First Blog.
In this webinar, Rpharmy explains how to seamlessly integrate critical drug safety information directly into your Electronic Health Record (EHR). Here are the highlights:
- Real-world examples from major healthcare systems show innovative ways to simplify drug information access in the EHR.
- Pop-up alerts make it easy for nurses to review handling instructions before administering medications.
- Straightforward "one source, zero stress" approach to hazardous drug management.
- Blog recapping the webinar located in the Safety First Blog.
This session illustrates the value of including nurses in the planning and implementation stages of a hazardous drug management program. Here are the highlights:
- Six eye-opening strategies for involving nurses in safety planning, from optimizing Electronic Health Records to creating innovative training materials
- Expertise from Dr. AnnMarie Walton about outdated and unsafe protocols to dispose of hazardous drugs
- How training and easy-to-access safety protocols can significantly help protect nurses from hazardous drug exposure
- Blog recapping the webinar located in the Safety First Blog
This episode gives an insider's look at how one healthcare system completely transformed its hazardous drug safety approach from a risky Excel spreadsheet to Rhazdrugs. Here are the highlights:
- Erica Bane from Scripps Health shares their innovative approach to USP <800> compliance, revealing five strategies that could revolutionize how healthcare systems protect their workers and patients.
- Hear how to create nuanced drug classification systems, impressing Joint Commission inspectors, and developing cutting-edge safety protocols for investigational drugs.
- This webinar is packed with real-world insights that prove safety isn't just about following rules - it's about creating a culture of protection that goes above and beyond.
- Blog recapping the webinar located in the Safety First Blog.
In the final session of the Rhazdrugs webinar series, healthcare professionals across different health systems came together to share their struggles, innovative solutions, and collective wisdom when tackling hazardous drug management. Participants discussed:
- Challenges of managing extensive hazardous drug lists, the critical importance of proper drug categorization, and the transformative potential of specialized software.
- The human elements of risk management - from legal considerations to employee safety
- Creative approaches to drug classification, including scientific methods for determining handling requirements and potential PPE reductions.
- Blog recap coming soon!
