The College Office will be closed from December 27, 2021 to January 3, 2022. This means College staff will not be available to help answer questions or provide technical support during this time.
If you are planning to submit your continuing education or complete your registration or pharmacy license renewal over the holidays, make sure you are prepared.
On November 4, 2021, the College received its Canada Award for Excellence – Gold Certification in the Excellence, Innovation and Wellness category.
Achieving Excellence Canada’s Gold Certification further establishes the College as a modern, relevant and progressive organization, which is able to continue to fulfill its duty to protect the public within an ever-changing provincial health landscape.
Heavy rain over the weekend and into Monday has caused significant flooding and mudslides across southern British Columbia, resulting in a number of evacuation orders as well as highway and road closures.
With thousands of residents under evacuations orders, and many communities currently under flood watch or flood warning, registrants are reminded that patients who have been displaced by an evacuation can visit a pharmacy to access an emergency supply of medications they may need.
As approved by the Board, the College filed amendments to the Fee Schedules under the HPA Bylaws with the Ministry of Health, in accordance with the College’s 2021/2022 budget.
As BC continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, influenza vaccines are more important than ever in order to help alleviate the pressures already faced by our province’s health-care system.
As part of its Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility Education Toolkit project, BCHR is inviting Indigenous students from across the province to bring their perspectives and opinions to this important work through a new Indigenous Student Advisory Group.
Pharmacy managers take on a large amount of responsibility to ensure that a pharmacy’s operations meet the appropriate standards and legislative requirements. A pharmacy must have a manager, and the pharmacy manager must be able to carry out their legal obligations.
The National Drug Scheduling Advisory Committee (NDSAC) is a committee of the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) which serves to advise NAPRA on matters relating to the National Drug Schedules (NDS) program. The primary function of the eight-member committee is to review and analyze submissions regarding scheduling placements for non-prescription drugs and to make recommendations for scheduling.
Since 2005 the Community Antimicrobial Stewardship (CAS) program at the BC Centre for Disease Control has worked with prescribers—including pharmacists—across the province to reduce the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians play a key role in antimicrobial stewardship in the community as the main point of contact for individuals filling a prescription, and are vital in the safe collection and disposal of unused antibiotics.
New and updated resources from the CAS program are now available to assist you in your role in educating patients and confirming that antibiotic prescriptions align with latest guidelines and emerging evidence.
Ivermectin is an anthelmintic approved in Canada for veterinary and human use. In humans, ivermectin is only approved for treatment of parasitic infections (oral) and rosacea (topical).
The most effective strategy for preventing COVID-19 continues to be immunization and all Health Canada approved vaccines provide a high level of protection.