Practice Development’s new course, Practice Skills: Monitoring drug therapy using laboratory values, is ideal for pharmacists who wish to integrate laboratory values in the management of patients’ medication therapy. The registration deadline is Aug. 14, 2009.
...ACP has drafted Guidelines for Pharmacists Using Laboratory Data and is now inviting pharmacists to review and comment on them.
The guide...
Although pharmacists are trained to use lab data to monitor and determine appropriate drug therapy, their timely access to lab data has been limited. Netcare PORTAL allows pharmacists to read existing lab data, but still does not adequately support them actively managing drug therapy.
...That’s what the TV show audience wants to know. And so does ACP!
The college is looking for volunteers to help develop two new competence assessment tools – a knowledge assessment and a professional portfolio.
Who?
At this time we are looking for volunteers to write the pilot version of the knowledge as...
The RCMP and Edmonton City Police have alerted ACP that large quantities of Claritin Allergy + Sinus (regular and extra strength) and Actifed (regular and "plus") have rec...
A number of changes to the special authorization process became effective on July 1, 2009.
For full details, see the information package mailed to pharmacies from Alberta Blue Cross or the July 1, 2009 Alberta Health and Wellness...
Congratulations to Orsolya Moldovan, the winner of ACP’s 2009 online registration contest. Orsolya, manager of Safeway Pharmacy #2730 in Calgary, renewed online and won the value of her 2009-10 registration fee.
Originally published in the July 14, 2009, issue of The Link
A new course called Practice Skills: Monitoring drug therapy using laboratory values is ideal for pharmacists who wish to integrate laboratory values in the management of their patients’ medication therapy. It is based on a previous course, Interpreting Laboratory Values, offered fr...
No. According to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Section 6(1), "Except as authorized under the regulations, no person shall import into Canada or export from Canada a substance incl...
Recently, the college has received a number of phone calls from pharmacists who have discovered patients who are double-doctoring and visiting multiple pharmacies for prescriptions such as zopiclone 7.5mg.
As a reminder, the HPA Standards for Pharmacist Practice state:...
Pharmacists seeking authorization to administer drugs by injection must apply to the Alberta College of Pharmacists within one year of successful completion of an approved training program.
If more than one year elapses between completion of the training program and applica...
Amendments to the Pharmacy and Drug Regulation brought about a new record keeping requirement for all pharmacies.
Section 12(3):
Required records must be maintained at the pharmacy unless the licensee has applied to the registrar in writing to store them at a location other than the p...
The National Drug Scheduling Advisory Committee (NDSAC) made the following decision on the scheduling of naproxen sodium products.
| Naproxen sodium 220 mg | Schedule |
|---|---|
In response to the ongoing provincial syphilis outbreak, Alberta Health and Wellness and Alberta Health Services have enhanced the provincial Prenatal Screening Program for Selected Communicable Diseases. This will ensure that pregnant women with infectious syphilis and their babies are identified and treated...
There’s the Dean’s Golf Tournament too! Register now for a great day on the Lynx.
Friday, July 24, 2009 at Lynx Ridge (Calgary)
Registration: 7 a.m.
Registration forms at www.pharmacy.ualberta.ca
Originally published in the June 30, 2009, issue...
Amidst Banff’s lush mountain backdrop, over 500 pharmacists, physicians, and registered nurses from across Alberta gathered at the Strengthening the Bond tri-profession conference to learn how culture, collaboration, and change affect health care.
The email account previously supplied to you by the college (e.g., donotreply@abpharmacy.ca) will no longer be available after June 30, 2009. Therefore, you must provide the college with a different preferred email address.
The initial recommendations made by the National Drug Scheduling Advisory Committee (NDSAC) for the scheduling of Naproxen were finalized effective June 11, 2009 to read as follows:
Last week, ACP submitted feedback to the government on Phase 2 of the Provincial Pharmaceutical Strategy. We have posted our submission on our website for you to view.
Phase 2 of the Strategy deals with four...
Video clips of the 2009 APEX Award winners are now on the ACP website. The APEX Awards are jointly sponsored by ACP and RxA to celebrate excellence in pharmacy practice in Alberta.
You’ll be inspired by the work of these individuals and moved by their sto...
