The hidden cost of IV push controlled substance waste: Inside UI Health's ROI story

This webinar is on-demand and can be viewed at your convenience.

Controlled substance waste is one of the most overlooked cost centers in hospital pharmacy. Each waste event represents not just a lost dose, but lost nursing time, compliance overhead and real diversion risk.

A recent multi-site study quantified the problem: average time per waste incident runs six to 11 minutes, extrapolating to more than 1,984 hours of manual review annually at the sites studied.

In this session, pharmacy leaders from the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System walk through how a targeted product size change — matching manufacturer made prefilled syringe presentation to the most commonly ordered hydromorphone doses — delivered measurable results in their 451-bed tertiary care hospital

Learnings include:

How UI Health cut hydromorphone waste transactions after transitioning to a 0.2 mg per mL presentation
The 12-month ROI model: 26,592 waste events avoided, $181,712 in nursing and compliance savings and a net return of $186,546
A stakeholder tollgate and education framework for rolling this out across pharmacy, nursing and anesthesia
How to connect waste reduction to diversion risk, compliance burden and total cost of care
Consideration for total cost of care when making drug purchasing decisions—look beyond pure product cost comparisons

Presenters:

The hidden cost of IV push controlled substance waste: Inside UI Health's ROI story

Presenters:

Matthew Gimbar, PharmD

Senior Associate Director, Pharmacy Operations, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences Syste

Paul Stranges, PharmD, MSHI, BCACP, AE-C, FCCP

Assistant Director, Opioid Stewardship & Drug Diversion, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System

John Hertig, PharmD, MS, CPPS, FASHP, FFIP

Founder and President, Hertig Healthcare Advising