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Spotlight on Hospital Pharmacy

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

There, her day ranges from entering prescriptions into the processing system and verifying prescription orders for appropriate dosages and indications for use to patient counseling, guiding and assisting technicians in their duties and mentoring students.

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Clinical Pharmacy

RX Note

History The emergence of clinical pharmacy as a form of professional practice has been attributed to the poor medicines control systems that existed in hospitals during the early 1960. Although provoked by similar hospital-associated problems, the nature of the professional response differed between the USA and the UK.

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Telepharmacy

RX Note

Introduction Telepharmacy refers to the delivery of pharmaceutical care service through telecommunication to patients in locations where they may not have direct contact with a pharmacist. Some of the possibel services are patient counselling, drug therapy monitoring (e.g.

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The Silent War in Inpatient

RX Note

However, a significant number of dedicated pharmacists work diligently in inpatient settings, ensuring accurate medication dispensing to hospitalized patients.

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Ensuring Compliance, Catching Fraud: A Regular Day on the Job for Kansas Board Inspector

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

I have worked as a pharmacist for a large chain of retail pharmacies and a chain of independent pharmacies, and as a pharmacist-in-charge (PIC) for a large hospital pharmacy. A common issue that I have witnessed and addressed is unacceptable patient counseling on new prescriptions. I owned a retail pharmacy for 21 years.

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ISMP Safety Brief: Prevent Additional Patient Harm and Deaths From Accidental Daily Methotrexate Dosing

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

The error was discovered three weeks later during patient counseling with a pharmacist when the patient requested a refill. The error resulted in severe harm, which led to a long hospital stay and treatment with the rescue agent leucovorin calcium. mg tablets) once daily.