Dr Derryn Ann Gargiulo

MPharm Clinical, PhD

Senior Tutor

In: Pharmacy » Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

Research Fellow

In: Anaesthesiology » School of Medicine » Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

Research | Current

Research interests

IV drug administration during anaesthesia
Aseptic compounding and validation
Pharmaceutical microbiology
Ophthalmic medicinal compounding
Palliative medicine

Responsibilities

Aseptic dispensing to pharmacy undergraduates and current pharmacy professionals in community, industry and hospital also to related health disciplines.

Areas of expertise

Aseptic dispensing, training and validation.

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Merry, A. F., Gargiulo, D. A., Bissett, I., Cumin, D., English, K., Frampton, C., ... Reid, P. (2019). The effect of implementing an aseptic practice bundle for anaesthetists to reduce postoperative infections, the Anaesthetists Be Cleaner (ABC) study: protocol for a stepped wedge, cluster randomised, multi-site trial. Trials, 20 (1)10.1186/s13063-019-3402-8
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Papaarangi Reid, Alan Merry, David Cumin, Siouxsie Wiles, Jane Torrie, Jacqueline Hannam, Matthew Moore, Ian Bissett, Janie Sheridan
Medvedev, O. N., Merry, A. F., Skilton, C., Gargiulo, D. A., Mitchell, S. J., & Weller, J. M. (2019). Examining reliability of WHOBARS: a tool to measure the quality of administration of WHO surgical safety checklist using generalisability theory with surgical teams from three New Zealand hospitals. BMJ open, 9 (1)10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022625
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/46221
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Alan Merry, Jennifer Weller
Weller, J. M., Jowsey, T., Skilton, C., Gargiulo, D. A., Medvedev, O. N., Civil, I., ... Merry, A. F. (2018). Improving the quality of administration of the Surgical Safety Checklist: a mixed methods study in New Zealand hospitals. BMJ open, 8 (12)10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022882
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/46090
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Jennifer Weller, Tanisha Jowsey, Ian Civil, Alan Merry, Simon Mitchell, Jane Torrie, Jacqueline Hannam
Merry, A. F., Gargiulo, D. A., & Fry, L. E. (2017). What are we injecting with our drugs?. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 45 (5), 539-542.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/44018
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Alan Merry
Gargiulo, D., Merry, A. F., Sheridan, J., & Webster, C. S. (2016). Chasing Micro - Organisms from a Simulated Operating Theatre to the Clinical Anaesthesia Environment. Paper presented at New Zealand Association of Clinical Research 12th Conference: Clincial Excellence, Auckland, New Zealand. 18 August - 19 August 2016.
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Alan Merry, Janie Sheridan, Craig Webster
Gargiulo, D. A., Mitchell, S. J., Sheridan, J., Short, T. G., Swift, S., Torrie, J., ... Merry, A. F. (2016). Microbiological contamination of drugs during their administration for anesthesia in the operating room. Anesthesiology, 124 (4), 785-794. 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001041
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/28390
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Janie Sheridan, Jane Torrie, Craig Webster, Alan Merry, Simon Swift, Simon Mitchell
Falconer, J. R., Wu, Z., Lau, H., Suen, J., Wang, L., Pottinger, S., ... Gargiulo, D. A. (2014). An investigation into the stability and sterility of citric acid solutions used for cough reflex testing. Dysphagia, 29 (5), 622-628. 10.1007/s00455-014-9558-1
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/23162
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Zimei Wu, Darren Svirskis, Simon Swift
Gargiulo, D. A., Chemal, C., Joda, L., Lee, Y. J., Pilkington, M., Haywood, A., & Garg, S. (2013). Extemporaneous compounding in veterinary practice: A New Zealand perspective. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 61 (6), 311-315. 10.1080/00480169.2013.773853
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/30746