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Brad Willsey named registrar-elect for the Alberta College of Pharmacy

October 29, 2024

Brad will assume the registrar position January 1, 2025, replacing retiring Greg Eberhart.

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Council approves amendments to ACP Bylaws

October 29, 2024

Amendments to take effect January 1, 2025.

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Leadership in the pharmacy

October 29, 2024

Learning the standards: All regulated members play key leadership roles.

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Out-of-province practitioners’ prescribing authority should be recognized

October 29, 2024

Any Canadian-based health practitioner’s prescribing authority is valid, even if their profession does not have that authority in Alberta.

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NAPRA publishes updated entry-to-practice competencies for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians

October 29, 2024

Of note are competencies required for sterile and hazardous compounding.

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Fall 2024 ACP Connect: introducing the new standards

October 1, 2024

Nearly 500 registrants joined ACP in person and online.

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Reminding patients of their dispensing options

October 1, 2024

When prescribing at initial access, pharmacists must advise patients that they can choose to have prescriptions dispensed at another pharmacy.

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Change inspection cycle for sterile compounding pharmacies

October 1, 2024

To support better compliance with sterile compounding standards, ACP is moving to a two-year inspection cycle starting February 2025.

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Automated external defibrillators – life-saving machines

October 1, 2024

AEDs in pharmacies can save lives.

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Portrait of Rebecca Wentland, 2024 Pharmacy Technician Achievement Award recipient

Expanding her horizons as a pharmacy technician

October 1, 2024

Rebecca Wentland receives the 2024 Pharmacy Technician Achievement Award.

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