Publications

Michele A. Sheaffer

Michele A. Sheaffer, RPh, has contributed extensively to advancing patient safety, drug diversion prevention, and pharmacy practice. She is a frequent speaker at national and regional conferences and has authored publications that highlight practical, evidence-based approaches to improving controlled substance management.

Special Report: Drug Waste Reduction and Improving Patient Safety in the Hospital Setting: Quantifying the Problem and Implementing Real World Solutions — Pharmacy Practice News (December 2023)
Decentralized Pharmacist Impact in a Medical Intensive Care Unit — V. Edwards, D. Schulingkamp, M. Sheaffer; Abington – Jefferson Health (2018)
Pharmacist Impact on Pain Management in Long-Bone Fractures — R. Wright, M. Sheaffer, S. Vartanian, D. Fine; ASHP (2016)

Presentations

ASHP Pharmacy Futures Summer Conference — From Evidence to Implementation: How Ready-to-Administer Products Cut Waste, Limit Diversion and Enhance Safety (Charlotte, NC, June 2025)
CSHP Seminar Exhibitor Theater — Reducing Waste, Cost-Effective Solutions for Safe, Sustainable Controlled Substance Management (Palm Springs, CA, November 2024)
PSHP Bux-Mont Meeting — Safety and Diversion Opportunities: A Site Review of Controlled Medication Product Optimization (King of Prussia, PA, March 2024)
Pacific Coast Patient Safety Conference — Insights and Approaches to Safety, Cost Effectiveness and Reducing Controlled Substance Waste (San Diego, CA, March 2024)
ISMP Webinar — Improving Safety, Efficiencies, and Reducing Waste with Ready-to-Administer IV Medications: A Roadmap to Success (February 2024)
ASHP Midyear Conference — Reducing Controlled Substance Waste (Anaheim, CA, December 2023 – Panelist)
ASHP Summer Conference — Reducing Narcotic Waste (Baltimore, MD, June 2023 – Panelist)
International Health Facility Diversion Association Annual Conference — Case Study on Diversion: A Culture of Excellence (Dallas, TX, October 2018)
Drug Diversion Prevention & Opioid Stewardship Summit — Case Study on Diversion: A Culture of Excellence(Harrisburg, PA, 2018)
Comprehensive Pharmacy Annual Meeting — Preventing, Identifying and Monitoring Controlled Substance Diversion within a Health-System (2016)