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Thermography Report Generation
Published in James Stewart Campbell, M. Nathaniel Mead, Human Medical Thermography, 2023
James Stewart Campbell, M. Nathaniel Mead
Proper file storage, handling, and archiving are vital to a medical thermography service. The majority of filing errors occur during “handoff” of files among the thermographic technicians, the interpreting thermographers, the secretarial staff, and mail or email services. Protocols outlining these handoff procedures should be written and followed diligently by all who handle these files. Files and reports must be correctly stored for follow-up and comparison. Files must be treated as confidential by all parties to protect client privacy as required by medical privacy regulations such as HIPAA.3 Robust password or lock-and-key protection of all data is essential. Encrypted backups at regular intervals on password-protected media are advised. Backup copies should be securely stored off-site. Clients of a thermography clinic may return for repeat scans over many years, thus all patient data should be stored in individual folders that are easily accessible and searchable. Even after a thermography clinic or center ceases operation, many jurisdictions require medical record storage for a number of years. To meet these requirements, the storage, protection, and availability of thermographic records are of utmost importance.
Medicines management
Published in Nicola Neale, Joanne Sale, Developing Practical Nursing Skills, 2022
Kirsty Andrews, Martina O’Brien
Storage will vary depending on the setting. In a hospital, there will be a locked cupboard or immobilised medicine trolley; these must conform to the British Standard for Medicines Storage (BS2881). In a person’s home, it could be the kitchen table. If children reside in the home, medicines including lotions and cleaning agents must be stored in a locked or safe place. As previously stated, there should be separate locked cupboards for CDs (RPS 2018).
Clinical Pharmacy and Its Relationship to Clinical Research
Published in Gary M. Matoren, The Clinical Research Process in the Pharmaceutical Industry, 2020
William F. McGhan, Glen L. Stimmel, Gary M. Matoren
Pharmacists' basic responsibilities in clinical investigations have in the past often been focused on the limited roles related to distribution of investigational drugs. The American Society of Hospital Pharmacists has developed "Principles in the Use of Investigational Drugs in Hospitals." This document states that "the pharmacy department is the appropriate area for the storage of investigational drugs, as it is for all other drugs. This [department] will also provide for the proper labeling and dispensing in accord with the investigator's written orders." The pharmacist is thus recognized by many as the appropriate person to be responsible for the dispensing, storage, handling, and dissemination of information regarding investigational new drugs [12]. The clinically trained pharmacist should be able to become involved far beyond just drug distribution and record keeping.
Risk management of medication errors: a novel conceptual framework
Published in Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2023
Richard Despott, Janet Sultana, Liberato Camilleri, Janis Vella Szij, Anthony Serracino Inglott
A medication error is described as an unintended failure in the drug treatment process that leads to, or has the potential to lead to, harm to the patient, and may occur in all phases of treatment, including prescribing, dispensing, storage, preparation, and administration of medicinal products [1]. Mitigation of medication-related harm implies a more specific focus on preventable medication error, which requires identification of the underlying pharmacotherapeutic failure resulting in harm or potential harm that could be prevented by a healthcare professional. Indeed, pharmacotherapeutic failure can be defined as a medication error occurring as a result of the action of a person, whether an act or omission, and is therefore preventable. The working definition of pharmacotherapeutic failure used in this paper is shown in Appendix 1.
Skin pigmentation improvement with resveratrol microemulsion gel using polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil
Published in Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 2023
Lu Cao, Xiaoyan Li, Jing Zhao, Qing Du, Jiening Dun
In this study, the microemulsion solubilization method was adopted to prepare resveratrol microemulsion gel [80 g resveratrol microemulsion (6 g glycerin triacetate, 24.7 g polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil, 12.3 g polyethylene glycol 400,57 g distilled water, 2.5 g resveratrol), 5 g glycerin, 0.8 g carbomer 940,15 g distilled water, pH adjusted to 6–7 with glycerin triacetateg]. The prepared microemulsion gels were uniformly dispersed and had good centrifugal stability. Attention should be paid to avoiding high-temperature storage. Compared with suspension, microemulsion gel increased resveratrol’s transdermal rate and retention. Also, resveratrol microemulsion gel could inhibit the tyrosinase activity of A375 human melanocytes and decrease the melanin content in cells and zebrafish. The human skin patch test results further showed that resveratrol microemulsion gel might be safely used in humans. All these data provide valuable information for developing and applying a preparation for improving pigmentation.
‘It’s changed how we have these conversations’: emergency department clinicians’ experiences implementing firearms and other lethal suicide methods counseling for caregivers of adolescents
Published in International Review of Psychiatry, 2021
C. Salhi, J. Berrigan, D. Azrael, E. Beatriz, C. Barber, C. Runyan, M. Miller
Clinicians consistently volunteered that being able to offer patients storage devices helped them engage more frequently in LMC. Clinicians also noted that being able to offer devices made them feel more confident that they could have a positive impact on their patients’ safety by offering something concrete to families, especially those for whom the cost of a locking device might have been a burden: ‘It gives me a lot more peace of mind that we can offer something tangible…Especially if it's a low-income family and they're like, ‘I can't afford a gun box.’’ For some, storage devices also facilitated a collaborative approach: ‘that we can offer something to help them secure [their firearm] feels more like a team effort…I feel like I can be more assertive in saying ‘We need to lock them up tonight if…[the child is]going home.’’