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1Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Background:
Dose banding parenteral chemotherapy has the potential to optimise aseptic unit capacity and reduce drug expenditure without compromising the service provided.
Methods:
Dose banding tables from NHS England were implemented into the electronic chemotherapy prescribing system. Compliance to the dose bands was analysed and submitted quarterly. Analysis of drug expenditure, drug use and cost per milligram data was also collected.
Results:
Expenditure on the 17 drugs identified in the 2016/17 dose standardisation CQUIN reduced by approximately £100,000 per month over the CQUIN despite an increase in the number of prescribed doses of these drugs. At the beginning of the year, the percentage of work compounded in house was 60%, which was reduced to 51% of total workload at the end of the year due to outsourcing commonly prescribed doses from commercial pharmaceutical aseptic manufacturers.
Conclusion:
Dose banding parenteral chemotherapy is an efficient cost-saving strategy which also can help to increase the capacity of the aseptic unit.
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