Room-temperature storage of medications labeled for refrigeration

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 64, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1711-1715

  Cohen, Victor ^a,b   Jellinek, Samantha P ^c,d   Teperikidis, Leftherios ^b,e   Berkovits, Elliot ^b,e   Goldman, William M ^b,e  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Medication Reconciliation and Safety

^d Pharmacy Practice Residency Program   (United States)

^e MMC

Author keywords

Errors, medication; Labeling; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital; Stability; Storage; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ALLERGEN; ALTEPLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM BESILATE; BECAPLERMIN; BETA1A INTERFERON; BICILLIN CR; BICILLIN LA; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCITONIN; CANDIN; CANDINET; CISATRACURIUM; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DACARBAZINE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DIGOXIN ANTIBODY F(AB) FRAGMENT; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DORNASE ALFA; EPTIFIBATIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN ETHYLSUCCINATE; ETANERCEPT; ETOPOSIDE; FAMOTIDINE; FORTICAL; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GLATIRAMER; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HUMULIN L; HUMULIN U; HYALURONIC ACID; HYPERRHO SD; HYPERTET SD; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INACTIVATED VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INSULIN ASPART; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN LISPRO; ISOPHANE INSULIN; LATANOPROST; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; MELPHALAN; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; NAVELBINE; NEOSPORIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; NOVOLIN R; NOVOLOG MIX 70/30; OCTREOTIDE; PALIVIZUMAB; PANCURONIUM BROMIDE; PEDIARIX; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROXYMETACAINE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE; RETINOL; RITONAVIR; ROCURONIUM; SALCATONIN; SAQUINAVIR; SUXAMETHONIUM; TIPRANAVIR; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIFLURIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; FREEZING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRIGERATOR; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34547912512     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp060262     Document Type: Review

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