Title: VA’s Clinical Research Pharmacy wins quality award
Abstract: The pharmacist-directed Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been selected to receive a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—the highest honor given by the U.S. president for innovation and performance excellence. Working out of a one-story building in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the 111 employees at the center manage drug- and device-related activities for multicenter clinical trials conducted by the VA and other federal organizations. The award, announced December 7, 2009, caps what the center calls its 12-year quality journey. During that journey, the center has achieved certification to the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO’s) requirements for implementing a quality management system and following good manufacturing practice for pharmaceuticals’ primary packaging materials. In 2004, the center received the VA secretary’s Robert W. Carey Performance Excellence Award, which is based on the Baldrige Award’s criteria. For three of the past four years, the center has been a VA Circle of Excellence awardee.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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