TY - JOUR AB - NEWS hristi Jen could finally relax. The ASHP member was hospitals have continued to use the medication, putting in Con a red-eye flight home from ASHP's 2023 Summer place safety measures around its administration. However, Meetings & Exhibition in Baltimore, MD, where the House there have not been studies surrounding the effectiveness of of Delegates (HOD) had approved a policy she recom- such measures. mended to improve the quality and contents of emergency The medication can be used to prevent nausea and medical kits. But not long after she dozed off, the flight at - vomiting for different conditions. “There’s a very strong push tendants requested medical help—a passenger was having in pediatric oncology that there’s still a niche for this therapy. trouble breathing. There are still patients who don’t respond to other things,” Jen, a clinical pharmacy manager for the Mayo Clinic Bobo said. “Where it gets tricky is that there are a lot of hos- in Arizona, asked for the flight’s emergency medical kit to pitals, including pediatric hospitals, that have successfully check the woman’s blood pressure and heart rate. But nei- removed this medication from formulary and are still able to ther she nor a retired TI - ASHP House of Delegates approves new policies JF - American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy DO - 10.1093/ajhp/zxad200 DA - 2023-09-06 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/ashp-house-of-delegates-approves-new-policies-42H0rO7oqJ SP - 1525 EP - 1526 VL - 80 IS - 21 DP - DeepDyve ER -