Earlier this month, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, published a report highlighting the importance of using antibiotics responsibly in order to prevent antibiotic resistance.
Compliance Officers conducting hospital pharmacy practice reviews have noticed that the requirements for providing pharmacy services to outpatients may not be fully understood by all registrants.
This article focuses on clarifying the requirements for patient counselling and releasing medications to outpatients in a hospital pharmacy setting.
Zuclopenthixol decanoate is a first generation depot antipsychotic available in Canada in 200mg /ml solution for injection (ampoule). It is usually simply known by its brand name ClopixolR. It is used for maintenance treatment of schizophrenia or psychosis.
Professional Liability Insurance is vital and necessary for practicing pharmacy professionals.
There has been a vast increase in the number and quality of forged prescriptions for narcotic-containing substances in pharmacy practice. Given the current opioid crisis, it is imperative that registrants ensure these medications are dispensed appropriately and as intended by a patient’s prescriber.
June is National Indigenous History Month and the College would like to remind all Canadians to take a moment to reflect on, recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions to Canadian society of First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples.
A review of pharmacy’s most common patient-induced therapeutic errors and how pharmacists can help avoid them by the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre.
Did your project improve how care is delivered? Do you know somebody whose hard work and passion for improving our health care system deserves recognition?
We are now accepting nominations for the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council’s 2020 Quality Awards.
During Pharmacy Practice Reviews, Compliance Officers continue to come across pharmacies with unreported changes to their layout. This is often due to confusion over the types of layout changes that need to be submitted to the College.
Call for Abstracts is now OPEN!
Abstract submission deadline: September 13, 2019