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WASHINGTON - On Monday, April 15, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the American Hospital Association will
hold an audio news conference to discuss proceedings from the Pharmacy Sterile
Compounding Summit.
In February, Pew, ASHP and AHA convened organizations representing pharmacists,
doctors, hospitals and health care systems, the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control, State boards of pharmacy and FDA. Based on stakeholder discussions,
Pew, ASHP and AHA make a number of recommendations to improve oversight of
pharmacy compounding at the federal and state levels.
Since May 2012, 53 people died and over 700 became ill after being injected
with a contaminated medication made by a New England compounding pharmacy. This
is the latest incident in a series of pharmacy compounding errors that have been
associated with 1,022 adverse events, including 75 deaths, since 2001.
WHAT: A presentation and discussion of proceedings from a Pharmacy Sterile Compounding Summit
WHEN: Monday, April 15, 2013
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: https://pewtrusts.webex.com/pewtrusts/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=635540086
Password: Compounding123
WHO: Allan Coukell, BScPharm, Director of Drugs and Medical Devices, The Pew Charitable Trusts. Mr. Coukell will moderate a discussion and Q&A.
Cynthia Reilly, BS Pharm, Director, Medication Safety and Quality Division, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Roslyne Schulman, MHA, MBA, Director of Policy Development, the American Hospital Association
About The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today's
most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to
improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life. For more
information, visit www.pewtrusts.org
About the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
ASHP is the national professional organization whose 40,000 members include
pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy students who provide patient
care services in hospitals, health systems, and ambulatory clinics. For 70
years, the Society has been on the forefront of efforts to improve medication
use and enhance patient safety. For more information about the wide array of
ASHP activities and the many ways in which pharmacists help people make the best
use of medicines, visit ASHP's website, www.ashp.org, or its consumer website,
www.safemedication.com.
About the American Hospital Association
The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations
and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their
communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which includes
more than 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of
care and 42,000 individual members. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education
for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and
trends. For more information, visit the AHA Web site at www.aha.org.
CONTACT
Linda Paris, lparis@pewtrusts.org
202-540-6453
Ellen Wilcox, ewilcox@ashp.org
301-664-8799
Elizabeth Lietz, elietz@aha.org
202-626-2284
/PRNewswire -- April 12, 2013/
SOURCE The Pew Charitable Trusts
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