BC’s opioid crisis continues to escalate. Up until November 2016, the Province experienced 755 unintentional overdose deaths from illicit drugs in British Columbia, an average of about 2 people per day...
Proper patient identification is vital to providing safe pharmacy services. Establishing clear patient identification requirements for when there is not face to face interaction with patients adds additional safeguards to ensure drugs are sent to the patients they are intended for.
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The right to vote is a foundation of democracy. It’s based on the assumption that all those affected by a decision have the right to participate in the making of that decision, and yet it’s something that so many of us take for granted...
On November 4, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC) celebrated its 70th anniversary. As I sit at my desk writing this guest post, I can scarcely begin to imagine what it was like for the 64 students that made up the very first pharmacy class at UBC...
On November 11, as we gather to honour the courage and sacrifices of Canadian Servicemen and Women, it is important that we remember the vital role that pharmacists and medical professionals play in providing safe and effective care for our armed forces and those they have sworn to protect.
The Controlled Prescription Program (CPP) is a common staple in community pharmacies to help prevent forgeries and reduce the inappropriate prescribing of selected drugs.
Read this Guest Post by Barbara Gobis on UBC's Pharmacists Clinic and the practice tools and resources developed for pharmacists, by pharmacists that are now available from the clinic.
Every year, the College receives many complaints related to medication dispensing errors by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. While medication errors are a major concern for the College, it is important to note that often the complainant’s secondary complaint is that the dispensing pharmacist did not appear to take responsibility or accountability for the error.
In recent complaints, patients have reported receiving the following statements after reporting the error:
“You should have checked the medications before you left the pharmacy…”
While perusing Facebook, I was intrigued to find I was tagged in a video of a pharmacy colleague doing push-ups in his garage.
To help celebrate our 125th anniversary, we developed a video.