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9002573

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
Hospital pharmacies in Massachusetts were surveyed to determine their patterns of stocking antidotes. Mailed questionnaires were completed by hospital pharmacy directors at 82 of 93 acute care institutions (87% response rate). Results confirmed great variability in on-site accessibility of antidotes. Only 8 of the 82 hospitals (9.8%) stocked all of 14 common antidotes inventoried by the survey. Even fewer hospital pharmacies stocked specific antidotes (eg, Crotalid anti-venin, digoxin-specific Fab antibodies, pyridoxine) in an adequate quantity to treat one poisoned adult. Larger hospitals and those with a 24-hour pharmacy were more likely to have certain antidotes than smaller institutions. We conclude that Massachusetts hospitals do not carry complete inventories of 14 common antidotes. It is important that poisoned patients be referred to medical centers with adequate toxicological care. Improved guidelines for the accessibility of antidotes need to be developed and made available to hospital pharmacies and emergency departments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0735-6757
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
62-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
On-site availability of selected antidotes: results of a survey of Massachusetts hospitals.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article