Patricia C. Kienle, MPA, RPh, BCSCP, FASHP

Director, Accreditation and Medication Safety
Cardinal Health

Patricia Kienle is director of accreditation and medication safety for Cardinal Health. Her career spans over 45 years, including experience as a practitioner and pharmacy director and a medication safety leader in hospitals and health systems. She is the author of The Chapter <800> Answer Book, The Nonsterile Compounding Answer Book, The Sterile Compounding Answsr Book, and coauthor of Meeting Accreditation Standards: A Pharmacy Preparation Guide. She served on ASHP’s Board of Directors and was president of the Pennsylvania Society . She is a member of the USP Compounding Expert Committee, a Fellow of ASHP and has received many honors for her contributions to pharmacy, including the ASHP Harvey A.K. Whitney Award, the John W. Webb Lecture Award and Board of Directors Award for Distinguished Leadership; the PSHP Sister Gonzales Duffy Lecture Award and Pharmacist of the Year; the Distinguished Achievement Award in Hospital and Institutional Practice from APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management, and ISMP Lifetime Achievement Award. She received her pharmacy degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and a masters of public administration degree from Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She completed an Executive Fellowship in Patient Safety from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Presentation(s):

• Accreditation Survey Around the Corner? Play Your Cards Right: Be Prepared!

  Sunday, December 4, 2022
  8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

• Oh, No: There's Something Growing in My IV Room

  Monday, December 5, 2022
  3:45 PM – 5:00 PM