Workforce planning and safe workload in sterile compounding hospital pharmacy services.

Purpose: A prospective observational study was conducted to assess sterile compounding time and workforce requirements in a hospital pharmacy, resulting in development of staff benchmarking metrics.

Methods: The study was conducted in the IV room of a quaternary hospital over 2 periods totalling 7 weeks. Compounding was directly observed and timing data collected for each compounded sterile preparation (CSP).

Serum lipids and lipoproteins in patients with documented coronary artery disease.

Levels of various lipoprotein subclasses can provide useful information on coronary artery disease (CAD) risk status, even when traditional risk factors are known. Elevated serum level of lipids, lipoproteins and lipoprotein (a) have been identified as risk factor for atherosclerosis resulting in coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease and venous thromboembolism. The objective of this study is to evaluate the levels of serum lipids, lipoprotein and lipoprotein (a) in-patients suffering from documented coronary artery disease and normal healthy subjects.