New hazardeous drug reqs @walg

[Charcoales]

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Anyone know what happened that we now have 15 page document full of new reqs with multiple pages of new hazardeous drugs? Cant even use drivethru tube for pages and pages of new drugs such as warfarin? My word. Head hurts just thinking about this.

 

[PharmDBro2017]

It's for USP 800... it's not just Wags. Every pharmacy in the nation is required to handle hazardous drugs this way. Even nursing pulling the drug out of the omnicell/pyxis.

In effect starting 12/1/19.

Read more and download the file to learn about it:

Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings

USP General Chapter 800> provides standards for safe handling of hazardous drugs to minimize the risk of exposure to healthcare personnel, patients and the environment.

www.usp.org

 

[BidingMyTime]

I really don't get the reasoning behind this, but as PharmDBro said, it effects everyone. 🙁 I hate to sound like a stick-in-the-mud curmudgeon, but drugs such as clonazepam, for example, wouldn't we all be dead of cancer or growing 3rd eyes or arms by now, if this were really a hazardous drug? And people wonder why healthcare is so expensive.....

 

[txpharmguy]

I really don't get the reasoning behind this, but as PharmDBro said, it effects everyone. 🙁 I hate to sound like a stick-in-the-mud curmudgeon, but drugs such as clonazepam, for example, wouldn't we all be dead of cancer or growing 3rd eyes or arms by now, if this were really a hazardous drug? And people wonder why healthcare is so expensive.....

Homeboy is gonna be mad when he comes in his big ass truck in lane 2 and can't send out his anastrazole script thru the tube (along with his testosterone).

 

[RxInvestor2014]

Anyone know what happened that we now have 15 page document full of new reqs with multiple pages of new hazardeous drugs? Cant even use drivethru tube for pages and pages of new drugs such as warfarin? My word. Head hurts just thinking about this.

We can only not use the drive-thru tube for Table 1, right? Warfarin is on table 3, so we can put it through drive-thru?

 

[Charcoales]

We can only not use the drive-thru tube for Table 1, right? Warfarin is on table 3, so we can put it through drive-thru?

I pray. I have to double check though.

 

[txpharmguy]

We can only not use the drive-thru tube for Table 1, right? Warfarin is on table 3, so we can put it through drive-thru?

Table 1 and any liquids on 1,2, or 3.