[Producing intravenous medications in a pharmacy].
The authors explain the different intravenous mixtures and the types of preloaded syringes elaborated in a centralized unit, analysing their profitability and evaluating their repercussion on the daily work nurses have to perform. This study was carried out in the Hospital de Poniente in Almeria, a county hospital which has 165 beds. The hospital authorities defined those medications which were chosen to be prepared in a centralized unit in the Pharmacy Service of the hospital and they drew up a list/guide of their corresponding conservation conditions. The authorities determined the time which nursing personnel in the various hospital units would employ in the elaboration of these medications and compared that with the time employed in the Pharmacy Service.
Alonso
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Fernández
G P
GP
Gallardo
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S
Garrido
M A
MA
Jiménez
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S
Gimeno
M J
MJ
Hierro
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C
D004339:Drug Compounding; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital