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This CDEX product was 100-percent accurate in identifying the proper formulations of seven intravenous drugs. Five potentially serious medication errors were averted.

http://www.ur.umich.edu/0708/Jan07_08/01.shtml

18-month study and peer reviewed:
The paper, "Enhanced photoemission spectroscopy for verification of high-risk IV medications," appears in the Jan. 1 issue of the American Journal of Health System Pharmacy.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080104120624.htm

Six U-M pharmacists awarded pharmacy practice research award

Six pharmacists with ties to the U-M Hospitals and Health Centers and the U-M College of Pharmacy were among the 2009 recipients of the American Society of Health System Pharmacist Foundation's Pharmacy Practice Research Award. The recipients were awarded as a team based on a published research paper entitled "Enhanced Photoemission Spectroscopy for Verification of High-Risk I.V. Medications," which appeared in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy.

The award is bestowed annually for an outstanding contribution to biomedical literature that is relevant to pharmacy practice in hospitals and health systems.

Three authors work for UMHS: Deborah A. Pasko, Pharm.D., adjunct clinical assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy, clinical coordinator at C. S. Mott Hospital pharmacy, and clinical pharmacy specialist in pediatric critical care; Denise K. Glenn, B.S. Pharm., supervisor at C. S. Mott Hospital pharmacy; and James G. Stevenson, Pharm.D., director of pharmacy services at UMHS and professor and associate dean for clinical sciences at the College of Pharmacy. The remaining three authors graduated from U-M College of Pharmacy or did their post-doctorate work at U-M. They include Yaman Kaakeh, Pharm.D., clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Purdue University; Hanna Phan, pediatric pharmacotherapy fellow at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy; and Brian D. DeSmet, Pharm.D., MS, a pharmacy specialist at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

The team’s study found that the use of a tabletop enhanced-photoemission spectroscopy device could help prevent clinically important medication errors caused by inaccurate medication compounding for pediatric patients.

http://www.med.umich.edu/insideview/volume5/issue3/articles/applause/awards.html