News:

D Young

Investigation of GPOs yields mixed opinions
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1004. [PDF]  

D Young

Pittsburgh hospitals band together to reduce medication errors
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1014.  

K Traynor

Safety analyses take on engineer's perspective at JCAHO's urging
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1026.  

USP issues standards for unit dose repackaging
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1032.  

Kate Traynor

Look for signs of product tampering
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1034.  

CDC wants October's influenza vaccine reserved for most-needy patients
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1039.  

News Briefs
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1046.  

Articles:

J Jacobson

Ensuring continuity of care and accuracy of patients' medication history on hospital admission
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1054-1055. [PDF]  

Summary of the second executive session on emergency preparedness and the pharmaceutical supply chain
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1057-1065. [PDF]  

KM Smith, LL Larive, and F Romanelli

Club drugs: methylenedioxymethamphetamine, flunitrazepam, ketamine hydrochloride, and gamma-hydroxybutyrate
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1067-1076. [Abstract] [PDF]  

KA Grace, J Swiecki, R Hyatt, H Gibbs, DL Jones, M Sheikh, J Spain, KW Maneval, R Viola, and AJ Taylor

Implementation of a therapeutic-interchange clinic for HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1077-1082. [Abstract] [PDF]  

GA Bauer, S Szeinbach, N Griffith, and J Siegel

Perceptions of quality and value in state and local pharmacy professional organizations
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1082-1089. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S Axworthy and NJ MacKinnon

Perceived importance and self-assessment of the skills of Canada's health-system pharmacy managers
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1090-1097. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MB Roberts and MR Keith

Implementing a performance evaluation system in a correctional managed care pharmacy
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1097-1104. [Abstract] [PDF]  

K Richardson and LE Basskin

Use of drug manufacturers' patient assistance programs by safety net providers
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1105-1109. [PDF]  

DB Brushwood and A Winterstein

Manufacturer warnings of system-related medication errors
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1110-1112. [PDF]  

ASHP Report:

ASHP Practitioner Recognition Program—2002 Fellows of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1113-1119. [PDF]  

Current Literature:

Peter Gal and Thuy N. Nguyen

Catalog of Teratogenic Agents, Tenth Edition By Thomas H. Shepard Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-4319, 2001. xxx + 644 p. Price $160.00
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1130. [PDF]  

Thea R. Moore

A Primer of Drug Action: A Concise Nontechnical Guide to the Actions, Uses, and Side Effects of Psychoactive Drugs, Ninth Edition By Robert M. Julien Published by W.H. Freeman and Company, 41 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, 2001. xii + 498 p. Price ,$19.95
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1130-1131.  

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