Multidisciplinary education ensures successful formulary conversion.
Anticipating and preparing for objections to formulary changes is essential to the success of policies set by Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committees. At the University of Kentucky Medical Center, a 461-bed teaching hospital, an intensive educational plan was under way well before the hospital converted from ranitidine to cimetidine as the preferred formulary H2-receptor antagonist.
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D002927:Cimetidine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003142:Communication; D003657:Decision Making; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005572:Formularies, Hospital as Topic; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010606:Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use