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Episode 918: What Happens If You Give a Cephalosporin to a Patient With Moderate, Severe, or Unknown Beta-Lactam Allergy?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The label of “penicillin allergic” usually sticks to a patient’s medical record forever. The trouble is that many recorded allergies are actually intolerances, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

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Medication Therapy Management in geriatric

FADIC

Medication Therapy  Review (MTR) ■ A list of suggested questions to use when conducting a medication therapy review in a geriatric patient. * What medication are prescribed by any specialists you may see? What medication do you take that do not require a prescription? 2014;11(4):329-337. doi:10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2014.04.008

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How Prescribing Software is Taking the Pharmacy Industry by Storm

pharmacy mentor

The digital website tool aims to fully digitalise patient interactions, offering solutions such as prescription reordering, POM-purchasing, e-prescription generation, clinical service bookings, and more. Private Clinic Bookings – By integrating booking capabilities into an online system, appointments are managed efficiently.

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Episode 749: Three reasons why 1 clinical pharmacist on the unit = 2 in the office

Pharmacy Joe

If I’m trying to determine whether venous thromboembolism prophylaxis is appropriate, it is much faster and accurate to see the sequential compression stockings (SCDs) on the patient’s legs than it is to search the medical record for documentation that SCDs were applied.

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Episode 749: Three reasons why 1 clinical pharmacist on the unit = 2 in the office

Pharmacy Joe

If I’m trying to determine whether venous thromboembolism prophylaxis is appropriate, it is much faster and accurate to see the sequential compression stockings (SCDs) on the patient’s legs than it is to search the medical record for documentation that SCDs were applied.

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Episode 661: Fentanyl Patch Safety in Hospitals

Pharmacy Joe

Documentation within the medical record. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <– This 3-step procedure includes: 1. Determination of indication 2.

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Episode 641: How Pharmacists Can Improve Their Working Relationships With Physicians (and Nurses)

Pharmacy Joe

Don’t get me wrong – I’m not suggesting that you don’t document necessary pieces of information in the medical record, or that you don’t document your interventions. But for basic interventions like I just described, it makes the physician look good when they “fix up” orders based on your informal recommendations.