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| ASHP Injectable Drug Information 2021: A Comprehensive Guide to Compatibility and Stability |
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Doody's Core Title (2022 Edition)
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2.87
(Health Sciences - Pharmacy)
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ISBN: 978-1-58528-658-4,
1756 pages,
Hard Cover
ISBN-10: 1-58528-658-3 |
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2021 |
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1st |
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| Author: |
ASHP |
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Pharmacy |
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| Publisher: |
ASHP |
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4500 East West Highway |
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Bethesda, MD 20814 |
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UNITED STATES |
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P: 866-279-0681 |
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http://store.ashp.org |
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$440.00 |
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At A Glance
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ASHP's New and Expanded Guide to IV Compatibility and Stability For more than 40 years ASHP has published the most trusted resource for injectable drug information. Our new ASHP(R) Injectable Drug InformationTM, formerly ASHP's Handbook on Injectable Drugs now delivers the same high-quality content that you can expect from ASHP with even MORE of the information you need to make decisive patient care decisions. The 2021 Edition includes some of the most significant enhancements yet, including: - 406 Total Monographs
- 18 New Monographs
- 60% of monographs have undergone some revision
- 3,603 Total References
- 24,160 Total Compatibility Pairs
- AHFS Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification (full list!)
- And more!
Backed by quality, peer-reviewed published literature and authored under the editorial authority of ASHP, it remains the gold-standard guide. Learn more and order here |
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Reviewer:
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Lawrence Carey,
BS, PharmD
(Temple University School of Pharmacy)
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Reviewer:
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Lawrence Carey,
BS, PharmD
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Description
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| This 2021 edition of a compendium of compatibility and stability information on parenteral drugs lists 406 products, with informative tables of stability guidelines as well as concentration limits for each product. This is the latest in a long line of updates going back to 1977. |
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Purpose
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| The purpose is to provide a user-friendly way to keep up with the latest pharmaceutics research while providing pertinent data to avoid compounding errors and reinforce adherence to sterile compounding standards. These are worthy objectives, as there have been alarming instances of compounding errors that have resulted in harm or death. This book helps clinicians avoid these types of errors, and the book clearly meets its objectives. |
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Audience
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| The primary audience is practitioners who work in hospital pharmacies, home infusion practices, and any setting that engages in sterile compounding of parenteral products. Certainly, pharmacy students also can benefit, but the primary audience is compounding pharmacists. This book meets and exceeds the needs of compounding pharmacists. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has long been considered the expert in this area of pharmacy, based on over 75 years of service to the profession. ASHP is the best group to provide this type of data to anyone involved in the sterile compounding of parenteral drugs. |
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Features
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| This update reviews more than 400 drugs, explaining each product's stability data, what each drug or solution can be co-mixed with, and in what situations the drug should be co-administered (i.e., Y-sites, 2 drugs in the same syringe, etc.). The best aspects of the book are how complete it is and the voluminous amount of data it compiles. The book is not flashy, and it does not have illustrations, but it has excellent data and tables that clearly present the information that compounding pharmacists need to know. If I could add one thing, it would be a section on home infusion practice with particular attention to whether drugs are stable in certain devices such as ambulatory pumps or elastomeric devices. While ASHP has a separate publication on this topic, it would be helpful to have all this information in one publication. |
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| This book is a must-have for anyone involved in hospital pharmacy or compounding pharmacy. It has been the standard publication for many years, and it never fails to deliver. Although there are a few other publications or databases with similar information, this is the best print reference I have come across. King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures (King Guide Publications, 2021) comes close, but for ease of finding information in a single book, this publication tops the list. As more drugs continue to come to market and we learn more about them, updated information is needed on how to administer, mix, etc., making regular updates very important and welcome. |
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