Pharmacist involvement in a deferoxamine education program for patients with Cooley's anemia.
A program to train patients with Cooley's anemia to self-administer deferoxamine via an intermittent infusion pump is described. A pharmacist provides the patient and his family with indepth information on the disease and on deferoxamine dosage, preparation, subcutaneous administration, stability, storage, side effects and precautions. Patients are trained by the pharmacist in aseptic technique and in use and maintenance of the intermittent infusion pump. The patient education program allows patients with Cooley's anemia to receive their daily deferoxamine therapy without the neef for frequent hospitalization.
D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001207:Asepsis / Q000193:education; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation; D009518:New York; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital; D012646:Self Administration / Q000193:education*; D013594:Syringes; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000188:drug therapy*
D003676:Deferoxamine; D001205:Ascorbic Acid