Impact of United States Pharmacopeia chapter 797: Results of a national survey

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 63, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1336-1343

  Candy, Timothy A ^a,b   Schneider, Philip J ^a,c   Pedersen, Craig A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Latiolais Leadership Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseptic areas; Automation; Budgets; Compliance; Compounding; Control, quality; Data collection; Disinfectants; Equipment; Pharmacists, hospital; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital; Quality assurance; Standards; Sterile products; United States Pharmacopeia; Workload

Indexed keywords

ASEPSIS; AUTOMATION; BUDGET; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33746347056     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp050447     Document Type: Review

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