Delivering cytotoxic chemotherapy safely in a community hospital

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1108-1118

  Schwarz, Lewis R ^a  

^a MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cytotoxic chemotherapy; error prevention sytems

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; BLEOMYCIN; BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; CISPLATIN; CLADRIBINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DACARBAZINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLOXURIDINE; FLUDARABINE; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYUREA; IDARUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; LOMUSTINE; MELPHALAN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN; MITOXANTRONE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG STABILITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPLEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029787930     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (4)

1. Leape LL. "Error in Medicine" presents a philosophical guide to dealing with and learning from errors in medicine. JAMA. 1994;272:1851-1857.
2. The term "hypervalue" denotes elements of practice that must not be compromised, or cannot be compromised without creating increased risk to patients.Thus the placement of a value such as speed at a higher level is unwise.
3. Berard CM, Mahoney CD, Welch DW, RodriguesTD. Computer software for pharmacy oncology sen-ices. A m J Health-Syst Pbarm. 1996;53:752-756.
4. The oncology saftware programs currently available include: DoseCalc™ (available free through Glaxo-Wellcome on discs or in a programmed pocket calculator, OncoFlow™ and OncoStation™ (Vital Software, Inc., Madison Heights, MI), and Oncoware Rx (Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RD.