Drug Shortage and Critical Medication Inventory Management at a Children's Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Drug shortages have significantly affected the ability to provide care at pediatric institutions, particularly in the inpatient and critical care settings. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlighted additional challenges with drug supply chains. A working group consisting of pharmacy management, clinical pharmacists, and pharmacy buyers met regularly at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In collaboration with medical staff leadership and the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, we developed a pediatric critical drug list to track essential medications for targeted monitoring. We created an inventory model with easily modifiable input variables related to patient and hospital data. This model was aligned across affiliate health care systems to increase transparency of our hospital's surge capacity for managing patients with COVID-19. Here, we share our framework for modeling drug inventory management at a freestanding children's hospital during a global pandemic.

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Disclosures. The authors declare no conflicts or financial interest in any product or service mentioned in the manuscript, including grants, equipment, medications, employment, gifts, and honoraria. The corresponding author had full access to all data and takes responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of the data analysis.