We pull the current month plus two months. For crash carts, we try to have at least 6 months dating on them.

Name of Facility: Holy Redeemer Hospital

City, State: Meadowbrook, Pa

Years as a Buyer: 8 years

We also pull 2 months in advance, but we have at least a 6 month dating for our crash cart trays.

Name of Facility: Joint Township District Memoral Hospital

City, State: St. Marys OH

Years as a Buyer: 7

We do 90 days on crash carts and then we pull other outdates monthly. I am now looking at outdates to see if there is a way to reduce this waste further.

Name of Facility: St. Francis Health Center

City, State: Topeka, KS

Years as a Buyer: 30

Our crash carts we try to keep a 90 expiration day on them. With items in the pyxis we have our outdates print daily for 3 days in advance. This has cut down on alot of waste. In the acutal pharmacy each tech has there own "area" and we try to pull for 30 days.

Name of Facility: Provena St. Mary's Hospital

City, State: Kankakee, Illinois

Years as a Buyer: 1

Each tech in our department is assigned an area that includes the pharmacy department, the units and our satellites.
They pull out dates one month at a time at the end of each month. Our codes boxes are handled the same way. We bring them down to be updated in the month they will expire. We try to give each one at least six months of good dated products when possible.

Name of Facility: Palos Community Hospital

City, State: Palos Heights, IL

Years as a Buyer: 17