Insights from a National Survey on Controlled Substance Diversion Practices in U.S. Hospital Pharmacies: Opportunities for Enhanced Surveillance and Compliance.

This study explored controlled substance (CS) diversion surveillance practices within hospital pharmacies across the United States. A survey with questions based on published CS diversion risk points was conducted in May 2024. A total of 66 participants from 31 states responded, with 54.

Mitigating Alarm Fatigue and Improving the Bedside Experience by Reducing Nonactionable Alarms.

Objective: To assess whether conditional bedside alarm triggers can reduce the frequency of nonactionable alarms without compromising patient safety and enhance nursing and family satisfaction.

Study Design: Single-center, quality improvement initiative in an acute care cardiac unit and pediatric intensive care unit. Following the 4-week preintervention baseline period, bedside monitors were programmed with hierarchical time delay and conditional alarm triggers.

Decision Regret in Patients with Appendiceal Cancer Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy.

Background: Decision regret is an emerging patient reported outcome. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of regret in patients with appendiceal cancer (AC) who underwent cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC).

Patients And Methods: An anonymous survey was distributed to patients through the Appendix Cancer and Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (ACPMP) Research Foundation.