Controlled Substances Hospitals Medication Dispensing 
The FDA Law Blog
JUNE 10, 2024
Houck — It seems as though we cannot get through a week without hearing about controlled substance diversion by employees at another hospital or healthcare facility. DEA, Palomar Hospital Pays $250,000 for Diverting Fentanyl ( June 3, 2024 ). Employee diversion can result in unwanted local and national publicity.
Omnicell
JANUARY 10, 2023
Kim Dove, PharmD Senior Pharmacy Consultant, Omnicell We all understand the harm that controlled substance drug diversion can cause to patients, the healthcare institution, and of course, to the diverters themselves. Consider your practices for entering new medication shipments into inventory.
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Omnicell
JANUARY 10, 2023
Given the number of high-alert controlled substances administered under often intense conditions inside the operating room (OR), it's no surprise. Anesthesia providers must constantly balance patient care with administrative tasks associated with managing medications in the OR. In 95 percent of U.S.
Omnicell
JANUARY 10, 2023
Yet in operating rooms and procedure areas – where a large quantity of tightly regulated controlled substances are administered – similar technology is used by just over half of health systems. Ideally pharmacy and anesthesia providers should work in partnership to maintain controlled substance accountability.
Omnicell
JANUARY 10, 2023
At TidalHealth, we're partnering with our nursing and anesthesia colleagues to drive diversion awareness and controlled substance monitoring. Our anesthesia department recently formed a new diversion-prevention team within the hospital.
Omnicell
JANUARY 10, 2023
It's where any number of medications are drawn up and administered, yet half of U.S. hospitals haven't yet fully deployed automation in their operating room or procedural areas. Manual processes make it easier for drug diversion since there are fewer opportunities to detect missing controlled substances right away.
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