A move from plastic foam to cornstarch-based coolers to ship refrigerated medications cost the University of Kentucky (UK) Specialty Pharmacy a little bit more in dollars but is reaping rewards in greener operations and improved patient satisfaction, pharmacists there have found.
“We were shipping out hundreds of Styrofoam coolers all across the state of Kentucky every day,” said Brooke Rauch, PharmD, the associate director of operations for the UK Specialty Pharmacy and