This educational session focuses on managing immune-mediated medications that are commonly used in the inpatient and outpatient settings, including biologic agents and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). The session will highlight uncertainties that clinical pharmacists face while caring for patients receiving these medications and incorporate newer primary literature on these focus areas. Specific topics will include:

1. Initiating and managing biologic agents, including optimal timing, starting doses, and monitoring (e.g. baseline laboratory values, adverse drug reactions (ADRs), and therapeutic drug monitoring)
2. Managing patients who are undergoing surgery or have active infections and are prescribed biologic agents
3. Managing patients who need to receive IVIG, including monitoring for ADRs.

The session will also identify health disparities that may impact the clinical utility of these agents and current barriers to their use. The target audience of this session is pharmacy personnel that practice in an inpatient or outpatient setting. The purpose of this session is to update adult medicine practitioners on current best practices in managing immune-mediated therapies in general medicine settings.

Faculty

Moderator: Haley N. Johnson, Pharm.D., BCPS Title: Adult Medicine PRN Focus Session — Building Immunity: A Guide to Managing Immune-Mediated Medications for the General Practitioner Institution: St. Louis College of Pharmacy at University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy City/State: O Fallon, MO   View Biography