Part 3, Chapter 7: Manual Appendix F
The drug information library of pharmacies at all facilities shall be adequate for the needs of the facility as determined by the scope and size of the facility. At least one reference from each category shall be available. References preceded by an asterisk (*) must available at the facility. Only the most current edition of major references shall be maintained. Reference monographs more than two years old and textbooks more than five years old are of very limited value. Each pharmacy service shall include drug information references in the annual budget request.
GENERAL REVIEW MONOGRAPHS
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American Hospital Formulary Service Drug Information AHFS DI |
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United States Phamacopia Drug Information USPDI |
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Martindale: The Extra Pharmacopia edited by JEG Reynolds |
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Physicians Desk Reference published annually by Medical Economics |
DRUG INTERACTION REFERENCES
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Drug Interactions P Hansten and J Horn |
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Drug Information Facts published by Facts and Comparisons |
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Approved Drug Products With Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (The Orange Book) published by FDA |
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Drug Evaluations published by the American Medical Association |
NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS
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Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs published by the American Phamaceutical Association |
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DRUGS USED IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION
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Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation published by Wilkins and Wilkins |
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DRUG THERAPY NEWSLETTERS
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Facts and Comparisons Drug Newsletter published monthly by Facts and Comparisons |
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Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics published by the Medical Letter Inc. |
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Pharmacist's Letter published by the Therapeutic Research Center |
PHARMACOLOGY REFERENCE
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Goodman and Gilman's Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics edited by A.G. Goodman, published by Macmillan |
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PARENTERALS
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Handbook of Injectable Drugs Lawrence Trissel, published by American Society of Hospital Pharmacists |
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MEDICAL DICTIONARY
| * | A current edition of a medical dictionary shall be available. |
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PHARMACOKINETICS
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Applied Pharmacokinetics: Principles of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Basic Clinical Pharmacokinetics ME Winter, published by Applied Therapeutics, Inc. |
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THERAPEUTICS
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Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs edited by L Young and M Koda-Kimble published by Applied Therapeutics, Inc. |
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Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics edited by ET Herfindal and DR Gourley published by Williams and Wilkins |
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Manual of Medical Therapeutics (The Washington Manual) published by Little Brown and Co. |
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Pharmacotherapeutics: A Pathophysiologic Approach edited by J DePiro, R Talbert, P Hayes, G Yee and LM Posey published by Elsevier |
ANTIBIOTICS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
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Manual of Antibiotics and Infectious Disease JE Conte and SL Barriere published by Lea and Febiger |
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The Medical Letter Handbook of Antimicrobial Agents published by the Medical Letter |
PEDIATRIC DRUG THERAPY
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The Harriet Lane Handbook edited by PC Rowe published by Yearbook Medical Publishers |
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The Pediatric Drug Handbook WE Benitz and DE Tatro published by Yearbook Medical Publishers |
INTERNAL MEDICINE
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Cecil Textbook of Internal Medicine edited by P Beeson and W McDermott published by Saunders |
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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine edited by E Braunwald et al published by McGraw Hill |
MANAGEMENT OF POISONINGS
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Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdoses LM Haddad and JF Winchester published by Saunders |
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Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products MN Gosselin, HR Hodge and RP Smith published by Williams and Wilkins |
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Handbook of Poisonings RO Dreisbach and WO Robertson published by Appleton and Lange |
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Toxicologic Emergencies MJ Bayer, R Rumack and LA Wanke published by Prentice Hall |
JOURNALS
A drug information library shall include appropriate journals. Normally these include one or more general medical journals, selected clinical pharmacy journals and other journals which meet the information needs of the facility. Journals commonly cited to be included are the following:
American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
American Journal of Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Clinical Pharmacy
Drug Intelligence and Clinical Pharmacy
Journal of the American Medical Association
New England Journal of MedicineADDITIONAL REFERENCES TO BE CONSIDERED ACCORDING TO LOCAL NEEDS AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES
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A Clinical Manual of Adverse Drug Reactions Matthews SJ, Cersosimo RJ, Schneiweiss F published by Appleton and Lange |
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Computerized Clinical Information System (CCIS) Micromedex, Inc. (or other companies providing similar systems) |
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The Formulary and Formulary Information Exchange (FIX) The Formulary, Inc. |
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Handbook of Clinical Drug Data JE Knoben and PO Anderson published by Harvey Whitney Books |
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Iowa Drug Information System (IDIS) The University of Iowa |
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Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease edited by GL Mandell, RG Douglas and JE Bennett published by Johns Wiley and Sons |
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Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (The Red Book) American Academy of Pediatrics |
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The Use of Antibiotics A Kucers and J McBennett |
The pharmacy service shall have available the current Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunizations of the Centers for Disease Control as published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR). The lead articles from MMWR (including immunization recommendations) are published weekly in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
