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Pharmacy / Medications

Pharmacy / Medications

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Please note that the slides in this section are being updated.

In this section you will find:

  • Slide Presentation - The purpose of this collection of slides is to address pharmacy related barriers to improving glycemic control in the hospital setting, and suggested ways to partner with pharmacy to improve glycemic control
  • Reference list and Key Readings
  • Selected published literature

Overview of Pharmacy Specific Barriers:

  • Medication Safety Issues
    • Overview of treatment options for hyperglycemia
    • Appropriate treatments in acute care setting
    • Focus on safety of insulin therapy
  • Intravenous Insulin Therapy
    • Indications for IV Insulin
    • Selection of an IV insulin infusion protocol
    • Selection of patient population
  • Subcutaneous Insulin Therapy
    • Insulin requirement in health and illness
    • Definition of components of subcutaneous insulin regimens
    • Insulin analogs
    • Basal insulin
    • Nutritional/Prandial Insulin
    • Correction Insulin
    • Components of ideal subcutaneous insulin order form
    • Standardized Order Forms
  • Selection of Formulary Insulin Options
  • Cost Benefit of Improving Glycemic Control
  • Pharmacy Related System Issues
    • Pharmacy Computer

 

Documents in this section

Date
Author
Document
2009
AACE
2009
AACE
2009
AACE
2009
AACE
2009
Cavalcanti
2009
Cyrus
2009
Flanders
2009
Hermayer
2009
Juneja
2009
Korytkowski
2009
Lipshutz
2009
Maynard
2009
Sharma
2009
Subramaniam
2009
Thompson
2009
Umpierrez
2009
Weant
2008
Brixner
2008
Davidson
2008
Maynard
2008
Moghissi
2008
Noschese
2007
Magee
2006
Button
2006
Schmeltz