Poster Presentations

Monday | Tuesday

Posters will be presented all day from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM.  Authors will be attending their posters between 12:30 PM and 2:00 PM to answer questions.

Poster Awards
The posters presented on Monday are eligible for special recognition; they are related to ASHP 2008 Summer Meeting educational programming in the following areas:

• Hot Topics: The Joint Commission Update, Health Disparities, and Medication Reconciliation
• The Business of Pharmacy: Administrative Practice, Financial Management, and Medication Reconciliation
• Quality Standards in Clinical Practice: Antibiotic Therapy/Infectious Diseases, Anesthesia/OR/PACU, Anemia Management, Glycemic Control, Emergency Care
• Informatics
• Anticoagulation

Monday, June 9

Related to “Hot Topics” Programming – The Joint Commission Update, Health Disparities, and Medication Reconciliation

Board 1           Initiation of a patient discharge counseling service in an ethnically diverse patient population, Jessica Song, Dong Bi, Catherine Hill, Margaret Meute, Phoebe Li (P1R)

Board 2           Assessing the medication reconciliation process: Identifying nursing education needs, Huzefa H. Master (P2D)

Board 3           Use of simulation to provide safe, more efficient and less intimidating early training experiences to compounded sterile preparation (CSP) technicians, Kevin D. Berg, Andrea Billings, William Weiss, Kevin Kleist, (P3D)

Related to “Business of Pharmacy” Learning Community – Administrative Practice, Financial Management, and Human Resources

Board 4           Interhospital comparison of programs and services related to antimicrobial expenditures, Ahuva Lustig, Gabriella Naftali, Eyal Schwartzberg (P4D)

Board 5           Use of lean management and leader standard work to support lean improvements, Dorothy L. Hancock, Susan Schneider, Christine Swyres (P5D)

Board 6           Improving turn-around-time for compounded sterile preparations using lean tools, Dorothy L. Hancock, Trenia Spiller, Susan Schneider, Jonathan Leesman (P6D)

Board 7           Creating and maintaining greater organizational efficiency and safety through 5S, Winson Soo-Hoo, Walter Proch, Lynne Goldstein, Greg Bauer, Saeeda King (P7D)

Board 8           Decreasing medication turn around time by improving order quality, Christine Swyers, Debbi Hendricks (P8D)

Board 9           Use of lean production management tools to improve pediatric oral medication preparation and 24 hour cart fill processes, Lynne Goldstein, Winson Soo-Hoo, Walter Proch, Jeannine Hipp, Saeeda King (P9D)

Board 10         Sustaining 5-S visual organization in the hospital pharmacy, Anne M. Bournay, Rose Velikanje, Renee Freitag (P10D)

Board 11         Kanban: standardized visual control system to manage pharmacy inventory, Barbara Marquardt, Anne Bournay, Steven Wanaka, Judy Whiteman (P11D)

Board 12         Reducing parenteral medication wastage in a pediatric teaching hospital through lean process improvement methods, Steven D. Wanaka, Anne Bournay, Mark Murphy, Gretchen Linggi (P12D)

Board 13         Creating future leaders in health-system pharmacy: what can an administrative internship do for you?, Niesha Griffith, Elizabeth Van Sant, Erin Hendrick (P13D)

Related to “Quality Standards in Clinical Practice” Series – Antibiotic Therapy / Infectious Diseases, Anesthesia / OR / PACU, Anemia Management, Glycemic Control, Emergency Care

Board 14         A multifaceted intervention program to reduce antibiotic expenditure, Ahuva Lustig, Sigal Kerekesh, Simcha Ben David (P14D)

Board 15         Good use of neuromuscular-blocking drugs in anaesthesia and reanimation:Guidelines of Anaesthesia and Reanimation Department of University Hospital of Bordeaux, Francoise Petiteau-Moreau, Pierre Maurette, Marie-Claude Saux (P15R)

Board 16         Successful use of a pharmacist evaluation service to ensure appropriate use of drotrecogin alfa, Thomas J. Johnson, Glenn D. Voss, Aris Assimacopoulos, Jace Knutson, Michael Schaub (P16E)

Board 17         Comparison of levofloxacin 750mg daily vs. ceftriaxone 1g plus azithromycin 500mg daily for the empiric treatment of hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients, Christopher R. Frei, Theresa Jaso, Christine U. Oramasionwu, Eric M. Mortensen, Marcos Restrepo (P17E)

Board 18         Assessment of clinical quality measures in patients with diabetes treated in a large group practice, Yeshewaneh Beyene, Holly Cleney, Terra Wonsettler (P18E)

Board 19         Neuromuscular blockade, reversal agent use, and operating room time: an analysis of US hospital data, Bin Zhang, David Hepner , Mary Helen Tran , Jonathan R. Korn , Joseph Menzin (P19D)

Board 20         Assessment of cardiovascular risk factors and management of diabetes at a small group practice: a comparison with statewide averages, Shawn M. Leland, Yeshewaneh Beyene, James Leyhane, Rommel Tolentino, Leonard Leonidas (P20E)

Board 21         Epidemiology and treatment of candidemia at a tertiary-care institution, Monica Shah, Robert Adamson, Lea Eslava, Eliahu Bishburg (P21E)

Board 22         Evaluation of post-operative vancomycin prophylaxis following implantation of left ventricular assist devices, Simona O. Butler, Paul Walker, Daryl DePestel, Rachel Eyler, Preeti Malani (P22E)

Board 23         Estimating the economic impact of a half-day reduction in length of hospital stay among patients with community acquired pnuemonia, Monika K. Raut, Jeff Schein, Richard Grant, Carmela Benson, William Olson (P23E)

Board 24         Implementation of an interactive education tool in antibiotherapy for the new prescribers in a group of three geriatric hospitals, Francois X. Chedhomme, Claire Gautreau, Valéry Gautier, Helène Poupet, Alain Chevallier (P24D)

Board 25         Survey and clinical interventions of emergency department pharmacy services in a non-academic community hospital, Ira Andrew Schatten, Carol Raschke (P25D)

Board 26         Hospital quality performance: pharmacy’s central role, Christine A. Pierce, Judith Baker, Cynthia McClard (P26D)

Board 27         Maltose cross-reactivity with blood glucose monitoring devices, Jerry Siegel, Erica Nelson, William Hayton (P27E)

Related to “Informatics” Series

Board 28         Reducing drug packing errors using bar code technology and visual aids, Priscilla Chua (P28D)

Board 29         Antidote information program for Pocket PC, Jaime Serna, Rosario Pintor, Teresa Bermejo (P29D)

Board 30         Impact of robotic technology on the accuracy and quality of a centralized cart fill process, Jane S. Scott, Kristy Fitzgerald, Earl Sampson, Thuy Doan, Kevin Garrett (P30D)

Board 31         Clinical decision support systems: customization of a drug interaction database to avoid alert fatigue, John Horn, Philip Hansten, Jacqueline Osborn, Shabir Somani, Pamela Wareham (P31D)

Board 32         Using informatics to coordinate and optimize a large outpatient anticoagulation service in a Veterans Affairs (VA) population, Margaret Gordon, Monica Wells (P32D)

Board 33         Implementation of an automated patient-specific medication storage and management solution, Joshua C. Mount, Kyle Lewis, Kimberly Mason, Sherri Ramsey, James Hinkle (P33D)

Board 34         Validating the appropriateness of using automated systems to quantify the intravenous admixture wastage in a hospital, Alex C. Lin, Craig Froehle, John Hingl, Dave Mayhaus, Jack Horn (P34R)

Board 35         Effects of using an intravenous robot system on admixture operations, Alex C. Lin, Jingjing Qian, Jack Horn, John Hingl, Dave Mayhaus (P35E)

Board 36         Appropriateness of using a computer simulation approach in evaluating the efficiency of an unit dose drug distribution system, Alex C. Lin, Shih-Feng Chiu, John Hingl, Dave Mayhaus, Jack Horn (P36R)

Related to “Anticoagulation” Series

Board 37         Pharmacist versus nursing protocol managed warfarin therapy, Karmen R. Kemmerer, Gedeon Laplante, Adam Porath, Jim Franckum, Alex Rassuchine (P37R)

Board 38         Quality of the prescriptions of anticoagulants practices in a geriatric hospital and impact of the diffusion of two new learning tools, Francois X. Chedhomme, Claire Gautreau, Tania Joucdar, Sylvie Haulon, Alain Chevallier (P38E)

Board 39         Integration of a pharmacy based anticoagulation parameter into a medical group quality scorecard, Angela Aldrich, Michael Nelson (P39D)

Board 40         A retrospective study to assess the use of vitamin K for warfarin reversal, Ellyn K. Schill, Carl Dominguez, Norman Hamada (P40R)

Tuesday, June 10

Administrative Practice / Financial Management / Human Resources

Board 41         Survey of interviewing techniques used to evaluate potential residency candidates, Sarah Kemink, Tracey Mersfelder, Ryan J. Bickel (P41E)

Ambulatory Care

Board 42         Analysis of prescriptions filling labor in community pharmacy, Alex C. Lin, Samuel Huang, Yan Chen (P42E)

Board 43         Correlates of blood pressure control in an interdisciplinary hypertension referral center, Deborah Minor, Kenneth Butler, Virginia Wallace, Jennifer Fowler, Sharon Wyatt (P43E)

Cardiology

Board 44         Pharmacist’s role in decreasing heart failure (HF) readmissions via the optimization of compliance and patient understanding upon discharge, Julie Cromer, Simona Peker, David Hoffman, Joseph Aprile (P44R)

Chronic Care /  Managed Care

Board 45         Effect of rosiglitazone on insulin resistance and body composition in nondiabetic patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, Pornanong Aramwit, Ouppatham Supasyndh, Panipat Bunmee (P45E)

Clinical Services Management

Board 46         Evaluation of a palm-based kinetics program, KineticsPro to promote consistency in vancomycin dosing, S. Lena Kang-Birken, Helen Jun (P46D)

Board 47         Impact of a collaborative drug practice agreement on pneumococcal vaccine rates in a small community hospital, Sara Tsang, Huzefa Master (P47E)

Board 48         Implementation of a medication therapy management service at a teaching county hospital with a younger and diverse patient population, Jennifer Leung, Jessica Song, Phoebe Li, Jen Huang, Geary Wong (P48R)

Board 49         Pharmacy led multidisciplinary approach to implementing community acquired pneumonia guidelines, Blane Schilling (P49D)

Drug-Use Evaluation

Board 50         Analysis on the status of polypharmacy in elderly patients in Seoul Veteran's Hospital, Haesuk Kwon, Soyoung Back, Hyungsoon Lee, Jaegon Ryu (P50E)

Board 51         Meropenem and valproate interaction, Manuel Vélez Diaz-Pallarés, Eva Delgado, Ana Alvarez, Covadonga Pérez-Menendez, Teresa Bermejo (P51D)

Board 52         Post transplant therapy using human immunoglobulin (intravenous gammaglobulin) to control acute humoral rejection in renal, cardiac or lung allograft recipients, Emmanuelle Roc, Anne-Cécile Gérout, Elodie Reichstadt, Sophie Caillard-Ohlmann, Eric Epailly (P52D)

Board 53         Prescribing pattern of antihypertensive drugs in essential hypertension in South India, Nair Sreedharan, Ravi Shankar, NR Rau, Padma GM Rao (P53R)

Board 54         Stability of ceftobiprole for injection (500 mg) in representative infusion fluids and containers, Dilip J. Gole, Jimidar Ilias, Hans Vermeersch, Magali B. Hickey, Arjen Tinke (P54E)

Board 55         Stability of high and low concentrations of doripenem (500mg) for injection in representative infusion fluids and containers, Petros Psathas, Timothy P. Gilmor, Daniel E. Schaufelberger, Kaori Ikeda, Kyoko Nagao (P55E)

General Clinical Practice

Board 56         Long-term abstinence from smoking is enhanced by immediate and delayed quitting with varenicline vs bupropion or placebo, David Gonzales, Douglas Jorenby, Carmen Arteaga, Theodore Lee (P56D)

Geriatrics

Board 57         Are psychotropic agents responsible of an increase of falls in gerontologic unit care?, Francois X. Chedhomme, Emmanuelle Giraud, Claire Gautreau, Pierre Bert, Alain Chevallier (P57E)

Home Care

Board 58         Impact of the implementation of a health network of multidisciplinary care for patients with chronic heart failure: analysis of the benefits after 5 years, Renee Lauribe, Philippe Matis, Philippe Lauribe, Helene Benchimol, Alain Chevallier (P58D)

Infectious Diseases

Board 59         Budget impact of adding doripenem to a hospital formulary, Thitima Kongnakorn, Sanjay Merchant, Kasem S. Akhras, Mike Ingham, Samir Mody (P59E)

Board 60         Implementing an automated dispensing machine fomite reduction program, Robin E. Hannan, Diane Funk,  Curtis Hannan, Pamela Carsten (P60D)

Investigational Drugs

Board 61         Reduction in intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG or Anti D) use in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) receiving romiplostim (AMG 531) in two, phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled trials, Todd Gadberry, Mark Nelson, Alfred Chin, Scott Drugan, John Isitt (P61E)

Outcomes Research

Board 62         Transfusion and hospitalization outcomes in erythropoiesis stimulating agent (ESA)-treated cancer chemotherapy patients based on achieved hemoglobin (Hb) levels, Kay Larholt, Tanya Burton, David Hoaglin, Chris Pashos, Brahim Bookhart (P62E)

Board 63         Variation in antibiotic prescribing for diabetes patients with cellulitis of the foot, Donald R. Miller, Benjamin G. Fincke, Cindy Christiansen, Robin Turpin (P63D)

Pain Management

Board 64         Practical compounding guidelines for ziconotide, Anthony Buchta (P64D)

Pediatrics

Board 65         Comparison of two neonatal indomethacin protocols: efficacy and outcome for patent ductus arteriosis (PDA) closure, Gina Rosito, Kitty Sum (P65E)

Board 66         Effectiveness of protease inhibitors-based regimen in HIV-infected children, Prapapuck Silapachote, Sujitra Yingyong, Nawaporn Vimolsarawong (P66E)

Pharmacokinetics

Board 67         Association between pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenomic properties of efavirenz and sleep quality in an understudied ethnic minority group, Tristan A. Lindfelt, John O'Brien, Jessica Song, Dean Winslow (P67R)

Quality Assurance / Medication-Use Safety

Board 68         Collaborative development and implementation of a universal medication list (UML), Jeanne R. Ezell, Baeteena Black (P68D)

Board 69         Comparison of one or two strategies to improve pneumonia vaccination rates, Huzefa H. Master, Cynthia Standish, Nancy Sixto (P69E)

Board 70         Developing a medication reconciliation process in a restructured hospital in Singapore, Carol Puhaindran, Jonathan Seah, Hai Hong Wong, Joanna Wong, David Ong (P70D)

Board 71         Use of kaizen blitz to improve the safety and efficiency of intravenous (IV) admixture services, Margaret A. Huwar, Curt Niekamp, Hugo Chocano, Tammy Young (P71D)

Monday | Tuesday