Pharmacy Joe

MAY 1, 2024

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher The label of “penicillin allergic” usually sticks to a patient’s medical record forever. The documented allergy was severe in nature for 13% of patients, moderate for 43%, and unknown for 44%. He experienced a rash to the piperacillin-tazobactam as an inpatient.

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Inpatient Medical Records Documentation Labelling 98

Pharmacy Joe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

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.

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Hospitals Documentation Medical Records Inpatient 52

RX Note

JUNE 3, 2023

What are the legal requirements of labelling on a medication for a dispensed medicine by pharmacist? Explain on disposal/write-off of stocks and its procedures and documentation. Are pharmacists allowed to sell poisons to a person under 18 years old ? Who are allowed to dispense or compound any poison for use in medical treatment?

Health and Personal Care Stores 40

Health and Personal Care Stores Chemotherapy Compounding Dosage 40

RX Note

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Terazosin - Off-label use in ureteral stone(s) expulsion Topical Corticosteroids - Apply thinly on the skin using fingertip unit. Statins - Not all statins need to be taken at night.

HIV Treatment and Prevention Agents 58

HIV Treatment and Prevention Agents Community Pharmacies Labelling Chemotherapy 58