Purpose In 1991, the first ASHP Technical Assistance Bulletin on Surgery and
Anesthesiology Pharmaceutical Services was published. 2 It was revised in 1998 and …

Current published guidelines for perioperative pharmacy services have limited information
on the development and implementation of a robust clinical pharmacy program across the …

Background Although approximately 2,000 medical practice guidelines have been
proposed, few have been successfully implemented and sustained. We hypothesized that …

Purpose The following minimum standard guidelines are intended to serve as a basic guide
for the provision of pharmacy services in hospitals. These guidelines outline a minimum …

System Pharmacists (ASHP) published its first Statement on Pharmacy Services to the
Emergency Department (ED) in 2008. 1 Best practices continue to evolve since then with …

Objective: A traditional clinical pharmacy service for surgical patients involves a ward visit
that identifies and responds to issues after prescribing has taken place. It was hypothesised …

Written by leaders and experts in hospital and health-system practices and published by
ASHP, the voice of the health-system pharmacy profession, Introduction to Hospital and …

Purpose In 2008, ASHP published a statement on services that the pharmacy department
should provide to the ED. 26 These guidelines extend beyond the scope of that document …

Learning pharmacology is a critical element of any health care practitioner's education to
ensure quality and safety in perioperative care. The medication-use process and safe …

Purpose The purpose of these guidelines is to describe a standardized approach for the
management of investigational drug products by the clinical research pharmacy …