American journal of hospital pharmacy
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The results of a national survey of critical-care pharmaceutical services are reported. A questionnaire was mailed on March 8, 1988, to 1500 of the 6800 U. S. hospitals with more than 100 beds. ⋯ There were no differences between satellite and nonsatellite ICU pharmacists in either the percentage of a typical day spent providing clinical services to critical-care patients or the percentage of critical-care patients receiving those services. Respondents expected their hospitals to add 301 full-time-equivalent critical-care pharmacists to their staffs during the next two years, for a 39% increase. Respondents strongly favored establishing 24-hour unit dose drug distribution and i.v. admixture services, providing inservice education to nurses and physicians, and providing written pharmacokinetic consultations.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)