Medicine Recall: Xarelto 20 mg film-coated tablets (Rivaroxaban) Strathclyde Pharmaceuticals Ltd is recalling a single batch of Xarelto 20mg film-coated tablets (Rivaroxaban) because of reports of rogue blister strips of 15 mg tablets within two packs of 20 mg tablets.…
CPD Entry Vascular Dementia REFLECTION Name of entry: Vascular Dementia Date identified: 23 June 2017 What do you want to learn: I would like to up date my knowledge on vascular dementia. How is this learning relevant to the safe…
CPD Entry Flu Vaccination The Flu vaccination season is upon us. This is an ideal time for a refresher course on everything Flu which will serve as a great CPD entry. ACTION Name of Entry : Flu Vaccination Describe the…
Top Pharmacy Schools In The UK Top Pharmacy Schools ensures the study of the professional practice of pharmacy. This includes instruction in principles of medicinal chemistry, drug behaviour, and mixing, preparing and dispensing of prescription medications. Top Pharmacy Schools reports…
Use As Directed. Use As Directed, what does it truly mean? As I continue to travel through the pharmacy world, I realise an increase in prescriptions stating “Use As Directed”. Use As Directed is the backbone of assumption. As Directed…
Skills Pharmacy School Does Not Prepare You For Skills pharmacy school does not prepare you for. These are skills you need as a pharmacist but some how it was skipped throughout pharmacy school. At first it comes as a shock.…
Get Ready For Flu # Get ready for flu. The NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) reported, In England Over 950,700 flu vaccinations was administered in community pharmacies under the NHS Flu Vaccination Service in 2016/17. Regardless of the healthy…
Store-Based Pharmacist vs Relief Pharmacist Store-Based Pharmacist vs Relief Pharmacist is the question. In my TWO years as a pharmacist, I have jumped from a relief pharmacist to a store-based pharmacist, then back to a relief pharmacist and now currently…
Pharmacist CPD Entry Heart Failure Pharmacist CPD Entry Heart Failure is an entry by a busy community pharmacist that starts from ‘Action’. Today’s post layout follows the GPHC CPD framework. ACTION Name of Entry : Heart Failure Describe the activity…
The difference in buying a cough mixture from a Petrol Station and a Community Pharmacy 8 months ago, Mrs Russell had her first encounter with a tickling cough. She ignored the cough for a few weeks, but it did not…