{"id":197237,"date":"2025-09-17T20:59:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T01:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=197237"},"modified":"2025-09-17T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T02:00:00","slug":"hospital-pharmacy-renovation-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/09\/17\/hospital-pharmacy-renovation-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital pharmacy renovation complete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital has completed a $3.15 million expansion of its pharmacy, nearly doubling its size and strengthening the hospital\u2019s ability to deliver safe, efficient, and advanced care for patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike a retail pharmacy, this pharmacy operates behind the scenes inside the hospital. It plays a vital role in supporting patients during their hospital stay or visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur pharmacy team is responsible for filling the critical needs of our patients \u2013 whether that\u2019s oral medications, injectables, or compounded IV treatments,\u201d said Renee Jacquemin, pharmacy manager at OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital. \u201cWith our expanded space and upgraded clean rooms, we can deliver medications more efficiently and focus more of our time where it matters most \u2013 on patient care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/OhioHealth-pharmacy-9-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197236\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital&#8217;s newly expanded pharmacy is nearly double the size of the old one. <em>Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A key feature of the project is the addition of specialized clean room spaces. The previous pharmacy had only one clean room for non-hazardous medications. The new facility now includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A clean room for non-hazardous medications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A clean room for hazardous medications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expanded space for receiving and storage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These improvements mean medications can be prepared in safer, more controlled environments, improving both efficiency and patient safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis renovation represents an investment not just in our hospital, but in our community,\u201d Jacquemin said. \u201cBy keeping care local, patients and families can trust they\u2019re receiving high-quality treatment close to home \u2013 now and for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital has completed a $3.15 million expansion of its pharmacy, nearly doubling its size and strengthening the hospital\u2019s ability to deliver safe, efficient, and advanced care for patients. Unlike a retail pharmacy, this pharmacy operates behind the scenes inside the hospital. It plays a vital role in supporting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 10:36:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197240,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197237\/revisions\/197240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}