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May 1, 2023
Happy Pharmacy Week!Educate Before You Medicate -- Knowledge is the Best Medicine -- Talk With Your Pharmacist
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What do Pharmacists do? • Pharmacists do more than count pills!
• We are the medication experts
• We play an essential role in the healthcare team
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What do Pharmacists do?
● Perform patient assessments such
as A1c and INR testing
● Initiate or modify medication
therapy based on patient response
● Interpret data to increase to
medication safety and effectiveness
● Adjust dose of medications based
on laboratory data
● Round with the healthcare team
● Identify barriers to patient
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What do Pharmacists do? • Develop the hospital formulary
• Oversee drug administration
• Perform medication
reconciliations
• Provide education and
counseling to patients to reduce
medication-related issues
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What do pharmacy technicians do?
• Screen prescription orders for
accuracy and completeness
• Prepare IV medications and
compound medications
• Assist in the management of
investigational drug studies
• Manage the medication
automation systems
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Why are pharmacists important?
• “Medication expert”
• Optimize the patient’s
medication therapy
• Reduce medication errors
• Reduce adverse drug events
• Increase medication adherence
• Reduce healthcare cost and
hospital length of stay
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Fun facts!
• Coca-Cola was originally a cough syrup invented by a
pharmacist named John Pemberton
• Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United
States was a pharmacist
• Agatha Christie, a famous British crime novelist was a
pharmacy technician
• Lipitor is the best selling drug of all time generating more
than $125 billion in sale since its introduction in 1997
• Synthroid is the most commonly prescribed medication in the
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