Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 535 - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy
Chapter 15 - Pharmacies
Subchapter 5 - Hospital Pharmacies
Section 535:15-5-9.1 - Hospital pharmacy library requirements

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 535:15-5-9.1

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

A hospital pharmacy library shall contain the following current reference books or computer sources:

(1) Library menu. A recent copy of any two of the following:

(A) USP/NF (3 years or latest edition),

(B) Merck Manual (3 years or latest edition),

(C) Remington (6 years),

(D) A toxicology reference (3 years),

(E) Mosby's Drug Consult (2 years),

(F) Facts and Comparisons (2 years),

(G) ASHP, American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS) Drug Information (2 years),

(H) Monthly Prescribing Reference (MPR) (2 years),

(I) Drug Information Handbook (2 years),

(J) Thomson Micromedex, USP-DI (2 years); and/or,

(K) Current computer professional pharmacy reference program, approved by the Board (not duplicating a hard copy reference) e.g., one or two of the following:
(i) Thomson Micromedex, USP-DI

(ii) Clinical Pharmacology

(iii) Facts and Comparisons

(iv) Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database

(v) Trissel's 2 Clinical Pharmaceutical Database

(vi) Unlimited internet access to internet professional pharmacy reference program, e.g., WEB MD

(2) The required two reference sources must contain professional reference information on four of the following topics listed below:

(A) Drug interactions,

(B) Drug compatibility,

(C) Poison and antidote information,

(D) Toxicology,

(E) Pharmacology,

(F) Bacteriology,

(G) Patient counseling,

(H) Rational therapy,

(I) Dispensing information; and,

(J) Applicable USP standards.

(3) The library shall include the latest copy of Oklahoma State Laws and Rules Pertaining to the Practice of Pharmacy and a recent copy of Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs Control Rules.

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