Long-Term Care Pharmacy’s Guide to Insulin Injection Best Practices

For patients in skilled nursing or other residential settings with diabetes, administering insulin is a common responsibility of a facility’s nursing staff. Insulin is a critical treatment for these patients, so it’s important that nursing teams stay up to speed on best practices for the insulin injection process – from choosing the best injection site to their care after administration.

Reducing Pill Burden

Analyzing Medication Administration Times Moving Forward: Gain Workflow Efficiencies and Resident Safety While evaluating and optimizing medication administration practices are especially important in the short term to prevent transmission of COVID-19, in the long term, these strategies help make workflow more efficient, medication regimens safer for residents, reduce pill burden Read more…

Working Together to Reduce Transmission of COVID-19: Consolidating Medication Administration Times

Reduce Transmission of COVID-19. During this emergency, it is important to take all precautions to reduce transmission of COVID-19. While we are actively working to increase infection control practices and maximize physical distancing, as health care professionals, we must continue to provide care for our residents as well as ensure Read more…

Anticoagulants are commonly prescribed in the PACE environment.

Taking a Look at Anticoagulant Use in the PACE Environment

Anticoagulants are common medications in the PACE environment and are used to prevent blood clots from forming in the body. Popularly known as “blood thinners,” these medications require serious scrutiny from medical personnel when making decisions about care and other medications for PACE participants. Normally, blood clotting is an essential function Read more…