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Through the recommendations of the
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, the University of
Kentucky Hospital has adopted a formulary system for selection of drugs to be
used at this institution. In striving to achieve our mission of "Best Practice",
the formulary system serves to meet patient needs, reduce
pharmacy inventory and contain costs. A detailed description of the
formulary system is available in
Pharmacy Policy
PH-03-04. |
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| Online Inpatient Formulary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The University of Kentucky Hospital Formulary
of Approved Drugs is maintained by the
Drug Information Center
and can searched via
this website. Because the formulary is subject to continuing revision in the light of new therapeutic knowledge, medications will be added from time to time and
others deleted. "Monthly Updates" notifies
users about such changes. University of Kentucky attending
physicians and pharmacists may request the addition of a drug to the
Inpatient Formulary through the use of an
online form. |
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Physicians should become familiar with the various sections of the formulary and should use this information in writing medication orders. In the
event that a non-formulary drug needs to be ordered for a particular patient,
certain procedures must be followed. Orders for
non-formulary drugs require attending physician authorization. Non-formulary drugs may take 24 hours or longer to be obtained. |
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Some formulary drugs are listed as criteria-based. The Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee has established specific indications for the use of
such medications. Refer to the online
formulary for a listing of criteria-based drugs. |
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Formulary drugs may be restricted to use, either by medical service (eg., a drug restricted to use by NICU attending physicians), prescribing criteria (eg., a drug restricted to use by specific indication), or patient care area (eg., a drug restricted to use only in NICU). If the physician orders a restricted formulary drug, the restricted-drug policy guidelines apply. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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