Development of a new software for comprehensive management and traceability of hospital radiopharmacies

Perales, Jesús Luis Gómez

doi:10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.06.016

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“…And regarding the size of the back-end of the database, the initial size of the just installed back-end file of Radiolab is 2 MB. It was predicted that with the daily work routine of our hospital radiopharmacy, the database would grow around 6 MB per year (Gómez-Perales 2013 ). Ten years later, the size of our database file was 59 MB.…”

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“…Its database (back-end) was developed in MS Access, and the language used for programming the front-end of the software is Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). After been implemented in our NMD, its features and functionalities were already described (Gómez-Perales 2013 ). Basically, it has twelve modules whit the following functionalities:…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, I couldn’t find any of them that exactly fit the needs of my radiopharmacy. So, I decided to develop and implement our own RPIS, and I called it Radiolab (Gómez-Perales 2013 ). Besides, I tried to make it as flexible as possible as well, that is, being easy to adapt to the needs of any radiopharmacy.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Experience with radiopharmacy information system

Perales

2022

EJNMMI radiopharm. chem.

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Background The efficient management of hospital radiopharmacy is very important for a good workflow in nuclear medicine and essential to ensure the correct traceability of the radiopharmaceuticals administered to patients. In the hospital radiopharmacy of our nuclear medicine department, it was developed and implemented a radiopharmacy information system (Radiolab). Results From its implementation, important additional functionalities have been added to this software application, according to our requirements and according as well to some of the specific requirements proposed in a recently published consensual tool for validating radiopharmacy software. After more than ten years from the implementation of this software application, it has been analysed its contribution to our hospital radiopharmacy and nuclear medicine department. Conclusions As a result, this radiopharmacy information system provides comprehensive management of our hospital radiopharmacy in an efficient way, and reliable traceability of every dose of radiopharmaceutical administered in our nuclear medicine department.

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Experience with radiopharmacy information system

Perales

2022

EJNMMI radiopharm. chem.

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“…The quality requirements for the production of radiopharmaceuticals have increased significantly. The deployment of Information Technology (IT) tools is essential to secure the radiopharmaceutical management system [5,6].…”

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How to validate radiopharmaceuticals management software?

Léa

Damien

Blondeel-Gomes

2020

Pharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy

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In the context of securing medication management systems (MMS) in healthcare habilities, implementation of an electronic MMS is a priority area of work. The quality requirements for the production of radiopharmaceuticals have increased significantly in the field of radiopharmacy. The deployment of Information Technology (IT) tools is essential to secure the radiopharmaceutical medication use process. The aim of this work is to propose the first consensual tool to validate radiopharmacy software approved by a panel of experts. A literature review was conduced related to the validation of hospital pharmacy software. The Delphi method was chosen for achieving a consensus in this study. Surveys were sent by mail to selected experts involved in the MMS. Twenty-seven replies were recorded (77%) to the first round, and 17 responses were recorded to the second survey. The final tool is a grid with 44 items. We proposed the first consensual tool to validate radiopharmacy software. This tool could be implemented in all French radiopharmacy to improve quality.

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