Best Practices for Health-System Pharmacy Positions & Guidance Documents of Ashp2003-2004

9781585280551

1585280550

More than half a century ago, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists developed its earliest proposed practice standard -- the Proposed Minimum Standards for Pharmacies in Hospitals. Today, ASHP continues to foster concrete improvements in pharmacy practice and in the therapeutic use of drugs with Best Practices for Health-System Pharmacy: Positions and Guidance Documents of ASHP. These guidance documents have stimulated improvements in pharmacy practice and operations, influenced accreditation standards, laws, and regulations (both in the United States and in other countries), and contributed to an awareness among consumers and policymakers of the vital patient care role of pharmacists. Substantial content has been added or revised since the release of the 2002-2003 edition, including new material relating to the pharmacist's role in immunization, use of statins in the prevention of atherosclerotic vascular disease, documenting pharmaceutical care in the patient medical record, strict glycemic control in patients with diabetes, and the recruitment, selection, and retention of pharmacy personnel. Book jacket.