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 This is the fifth of a six-part series on diversion of controlled substances
in an acute health care setting. The six articles are meant to accompany
the recommendations in the Hospital Pharmacy article “Controlled Substance
Diversion Detection: Go the Extra Mile” for a comprehensive
analysis of all aspects of controlled substance handling.1 The series focuses
on preventing diversion from automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs),
the operating room, and at all handling points within a pharmacy. The
objective of the series is to provide practical recommendations to aid
pharmacy managers as they seek to prevent or detect diversion. Experience
is key to diversion detection; however, a pharmacy should not have
to experience its own diversion in order to learn from it. The collective
experience of pharmacy leaders at the Ohio State University Medical Center
and the University of Kansas Hospital are gathered to assist other
pharmacy leaders in the hopes that they do not have to gain this experience
firsthand. This article will describe the features of one popular
reporting software package along with the experience that the University
of Kansas Hospital has had in using this software. This description is an
attempt to demonstrate the value of an add-on software package and to
encourage its use by more hospital pharmacies.
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