Enhance medication availability while increasing security and control of medications and supplies with a comprehensive system of automated dispensing solutions and pharmacy technologies across your healthcare system.
BD is committed to staying at the forefront of developing cutting-edge venous technologies to address the unique challenges of the venous anatomy and disease states.
In September, BD had the opportunity to host nine compounding experts from many organizations in the inaugural Medication Management Solutions (MMS) Compounding Expert Committee (CEC). The meeting occurred at our Lakewood, Colorado office and was headlined with a keynote address by Med Safety Board (MSB) President Rita K. Jew, PharmD, MBA, BCPPS, FASHP, focusing on medication safety, technology implementation best practices, and compounding practice trends.
Medication costs account for the bulk of a health-system pharmacy’s annual budget while drug costs continue to rise. Containing drug cost involves managing purchases and analyzing drug-use patterns. Being able to identify your average usages and knowing the expiration dates on your inventory in all storage locations can allow pharmacy systems to be more agile with medication inventory, ultimately leading to reducing medication waste caused by expired drugs.
Infection Preventionists (IPs) Linda Kokoszki, Sandy Mercer and Teresa Inka began an initiative to reduce the total Nosocomial Infection Marker (NIM) rate at St. Elizabeth Medical Center with the help of BD MedMined services.
Commander John Burke (retired) of the Cincinnati Police Department and now President and Founder of the International Healthcare Facility Diversion Association (IHFDA) has presented on multiple occasions about the problem of underreporting.
Dr. Zarnegar will review the evolution of techniques within the field and his practice. he will also review his data and thoughts around mesh selection highlighting, why he went from using no mesh to utilizing mesh to improve patient outcomes.