Manually managing the recall process “wasted time” says Geoff Cox of MedStar Georgetown in today’s video. The pharmacy staff would have to manually search through hundreds of trays for the lot number to ensure affected medications were removed. With Kit Check, the hospital has streamlined this process and can identify the exact location of recalled drugs in pharmacy kits in just a few seconds.
Video Interview: Scripps Health DoP Robert Eastin on the Value of Kit Check
“In our health system we were looking at ways to really increase efficiency and free up time for our pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to be involved in more clinical tasks. The manual maintenance of emergency kits and trays was very time consuming. And, we thought if we could take some time away from those distributive responsibilities, we could push … Read More
Video: MedStar Georgetown saved a “huge amount of time” for technicians and pharmacists with Kit Check
In our third installment of our video interview with MedStar Georgetown Director of Pharmacy Geoff Cox, he discusses the pharmacist reaction to using Kit Check. He said it was quite simple because it was clear to the pharmacists what was in it for them. “When they checked [pharmacy trays] manually, it took them hours because they were very meticulous and … Read More
University of Maryland Presentation at ASHP: fewer errors, more efficiency with Kit Check
The 2013 ASHP Midyear conference was jam packed with presentations and pharmacists. One presentation of note by the University of Maryland Medical Center’s (UMMC) Adrienne Shepardson focused on the hospital’s experience with Kit Check.