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Webinar Recap - Rhazdrugs: Scripps’ Innovative Approach to USP <800>

Posted by Laura Paxton on Mar 26, 2025 9:33:18 AM

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.

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Topics: Rhazdrugs, Policy, USP <800>, Technology, NIOSH

Webinar Recap - Six Ways to Involve Nurses in Hazardous Drug Safety Planning

Posted by Caroline McBreen on Mar 18, 2025 7:39:58 AM

Our passion for protecting healthcare workers and patients stems from deeply personal experiences. In 2000, we tragically lost my paternal grandmother to a preventable medical error—a devastating reminder of what's at stake. Meanwhile, my maternal grandmother dedicated 40 years of her life to nursing. This family legacy drives our mission every day: to protect dedicated healthcare professionals like my grandmother Maggie while preventing other families from experiencing the loss we felt with my other grandmother Billie. Our commitment isn't just professional—it's profoundly personal.

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Topics: Rhazdrugs, Policy, USP <800>, Technology, NIOSH

Webinar Recap: Make Hazardous Drug Info Easier in Your EHR

Posted by Laura Paxton on Mar 11, 2025 9:13:48 AM

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. 

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Topics: Rhazdrugs, Policy, USP <800>, Technology, NIOSH

Webinar Recap: The Bare Minimum Won’t Cut It - 5 Tips to Stay Ahead of Hazardous Drugs

Posted by Laura Paxton on Feb 19, 2025 12:26:44 PM

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.

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Topics: Rhazdrugs, Policy, USP <800>, Technology, NIOSH

Breaking Down NIOSH 2024: Antineoplastic Reclassification and Biologic Handling Updates

Posted by Sherlene Christen on Jan 30, 2025 7:49:30 AM

Is it too late to say Happy New Year? Maybe Happy New NIOSH is more appropriate? 🥳

As you know, by the end of 2024, NIOSH delivered a present we’ve been waiting nearly nine years for. This present comes with a bag of screws and nails and that one tool that never works. In other words, we’re happy to have this guidance but it was not without some serious work to get the benefits.

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Topics: Rhazdrugs, Policy, USP <800>, Technology, NIOSH

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