Lecture 5 - Pharmacy Practice Flashcards
What certification is needed to administer drugs and vaccines?
First aid & injection certification
What are the top 3 service offered by community pharmacists?
1) Diabetes care
2) Smoking cessation
3) Medication management
What are the 5 types of community pharmacies?
- Independent
- Banner
- Franchise
- Chain
- Grocery/Mass merchandisers
Describe independent community pharmacies
Owner has complete control of the business
Describe banner community pharmacies and give some examples
- Independent pharmacies that are affiliated with a central office and pays fees to use a name
- Ex: pharmasave, IDA, price watchers
Describe franchise community pharmacies and give an example
- Do not own the physical store but lease property
- May have access to programs/purchasing through a head office
- Ex: shoppers drug mart
Describe chain community pharmacies and give an example
- Employee pharmacy managers but head office directs all marketing and programs
- Ex: pharmaplus
Describe grocery/mass merchandiser community pharmacies and give examples
- Departments within a major outlet who follow all marketing, buying and programs from a head office
- Safeway, Sobeys, Wal-Mart, Costco, London drugs
What 5 things do pharmacists do in a hospital?
- Evaluate patients medications needs with health care team
- Provide up-to-date drug information
- Monitor, recommend, or make changes to drug therapy
- Teach patients how to take medication, monitor it, and manage adverse effects
- Help maintain patients medication after discharge
Define primary care
- “Family Doctor-type” services delivered to individual patients
- also can apply to all first-contact care
What 7 things do community pharmacists do?
1) Review prescriptions for safety
2) Provide self-care counselling
3) Check prescription accuracy
4) Offer medication reviews
5) Prevent medication related problems
6) Provide educational clinics
7) Work with other health care members