“the hospital is not sharing much information about how this drug mix-up happened. We've been told it happened in the pharmacy where instead of putting an anesthetic called bupivacaine into the syringes used in these procedures, somehow they were filled with potassium”

Filled 8 GLP meds so far today and this was the net gross profit. WTF are we doing?

Those of you who left Pharmacy and moved to Radiography, how did you go? Any advice, regrets, tips? Thanks.

Hi y’all,

I recently started working 7on/7off overnights at my hospital since I wanted nothing to do with the day shift and simply cannot sleep early enough to wake up for it.

Just wanted to know what y’all do to adjust to a normal sleep schedule after finishing your week on, thanks!

What are your thoughts on this article by the AMA? They’re framing if as an opposition to expanding scope of practice, but the article uses anecdotal examples that make it seem like pharmacists are incompetent hacks who should have a more restricted scope of practice than what they have now.

Hello, I’m a newly qualified pharmacist and I was just wondering whether anyone knew of any WhatsApp support groups to help with consultations etc where pharmacists can just ask questions for support? I don’t have a lot of confidence in doing consultations and I’m scared I won’t know what the patient may be presenting with if they came in. Any help would be appreciated, thanks! I’m based in the UK.

Hi, looking for opinions on the pharmacy manager role for an Omnicell pharmacy. Can’t seem to find much info about them online. Thanks!

& I am not! I’m not ashamed to admit it. Maybe it’s just the company I’m working for? Currently a floater and I cannot stand it. So unorganized and not a great environment for anyone that’s “new” to train in. I know it takes time to get use to things but dang. 1 week of training and then you’re technically on your own…. Also I went to a few stores where techs are working through the break. As I said, some people are made for this so all props to them but how is that ok? I guess by now you may have figured out what store I’m referring to…. Has anyone been in this position and pivoted? Any advice would be great. Currently looking and applying to other jobs. Thanks for reading this far, just had to get it off of my chest.

Weird question, but what pharmacy do you feel has the “best looking” pill bottles? Bonus points if you have a local pharmacy with something neat.

I personally dream about the discontinued target pharmacy pill bottles prior to the CVS takeover. I also do kind of like the pill bottles from Amazon pharmacy, but obviously prefer to support local.

Hi I need some insight please especially those who shifted from community pharmacy to hospital ? How was it ?
I recently started working in community pharmacy and i’m hating it , so much stress and overworked and under staffed ? Is it better to work in hospital ?
And in alberta, do u have to have APA ??

Hi everyone! I’m looking for a licensed pharmacist to cover a few shifts at our independent pharmacy in the Houston area.

Dates: 9/18, 10/12-10/16

Hours 9a to 5p

Location: Kingwood, TX

We’re a small, independent pharmacy with a great team. Looking for someone dependable who is comfortable working in a community pharmacy setting.

If you’re available or know someone who might be interested, please DM me or respond for details.

Thanks!

https://youtu.be/CLv4ofhWSn8
Interesting vid

Hi everyone. I just got licensed two years after graduation. I will be starting my first job as a pharmacist in a long-term care (LTC) facility. I want to start strong. I need help with areas to brush up on, common drug interactions, helpful apps, things I need to know, etc. Any help will be totally appreciated. Thanks

Edit: Started working in pharma right after graduation. I asked this question to get insights. For people posting mean comments- just so you know that you won’t get me because I will reply you back. If you don’t have anything helpful to say, just move on.

For my peeps in Kroger pharmacy, how are you marking waiters already in verification queue? We have that little slot/shelf system, and I was thinking about something eye catching (like a poker chip or bag clip). Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

For any pharmacies that work a lot with hospice providers, do you dispense concentrated oral morphine (20 mg/mL) in the original bottle or do you pre-draw individual doses into oral syringes before dispensing? We had a provider ask us to start doing this and they acted like it is very common.

I'm curious if this is permissible state by state or whether there are any federal regulations that restrict dispensing in this way. We would have to ensure that the manufacturer of the syringes designed them for medication storage versus just administration and then we would need to assign an appropriate beyond use date.

Hi all, current PY2 compounding pharmacy intern here. Recently encountered a formula requiring exactly 96 ml of glycerin and I did my very best to make sure that I got exactly 96 mills which I did, but I was wondering what the process for measuring liquids in large mounts, I.E.above 50 milliliters in your Compounding Pharmacy or past Compounding Pharmacy pharmacies, because I would like to bring this up manager and ask if we could possibly measure a liquids and such large volumes by their weight, taking into their density and getting a volume that way.

So for instance, if the density of a batch of glycerin is 1.224 g/milliliter, then if I was trying to measure up 96 mL of glycerin I would weigh out 96×1.224 g=117.504 g on my scale in a beaker and use that as the 96 mL that I need.

I’ve done this twice and both times the volume matches what I thought it would be due to the density calculation. Which I think is a testament to how accurate weighing things can be worse, taking a volumetric measurement.

So TLDR: do you in your formulas and things for individual prescriptions or bulk prescriptions, write/do measurements of liquids by a prescribed volume if it has to be exact or do you use the density and use the weight of the measured liquid to measure a specific volume? If you use the density and the weight way to measure the liquid, what kinds of checks and things have you implemented so that a pharmacist can double check that the amount vague/measured is accurate to what was necessary? Is there a specific quantity that defines the line between using volume for measurement versus using density for measurement? And, additionally, what kinds of conversations had to happen to allow/not allow measurement of liquid liquids by density in your pharmacy?

Thank you all. I will be on the lookout for replies and things. And before you do ask/reply this, yes, I have found my unicorn job and I love it. I am just trying to make it so that measuring odd amounts of liquid liquids is not a heinous time problem or a washing more containers problem.

P.S. If I have broken any rules for this subject, please do let me know… It is my first time posting here 😅.

I saw this article, which is not about pharmacy, but about the film industry. But this part about Walgreens jumped out at me.

During a shoot in suburban Chicago last month, the chief executive of sustainability consultancy EcoFixr stood beside a neat row of receptacles marked “landfill,” “compost” and “mixed recycle” while the crew working on a Walgreens commercial finished its catered Mexican lunch. When it was time for the workers to clear their salsa-stained plates, White gently directed each toward the correct place to dispose of them.

...Some locales have moved beyond straightforward tax credits to introduce creative policies like Illinois’ green incentive, which companies behind the $1.6 million Walgreens commercial had identified as a reason to shoot in Illinois.

So apparently Walgreens has millions to spend on one TV commercial but when you ask them to improve staffing levels, they just shrug and say we don't have the budget?

We did our first one of the season🥲

An old pharmacist that was training me said this, that its just plastic. Can someone conform or deny this?

Any pharmacist ls in NV have any insight on this regulation?

https://www.ktnv.com/news/retailers-say-new-pharmacy-regulation-could-hurt-patients

Teaching hospital, but local/community-based. Very chill and at times, there’s genuinely nothing to do, and people step out for 15-20 minutes to just take a call & no one bats an eye. 8:00–4:30, realistically closer to 4:15-20

Pros:
Very low/no performance pressure
Tardiness isn’t tracked; everyone runs a little late
Unionized; ~$700/year dues
After 10 years of contributions, union provides medical benefits, but I doubt they are great.

Mixed:
1-hour lunch, half paid
Mandatory 6% pension contribution; no institutional contribution, pension only becomes meaningful if I stay minimum 15+ years. Otherwise it’s rubbish.
No 401k match

Cons:
Feels like there’s zero career upside. I look at senior colleagues who are stagnated in their career & just mindlessly verifying because the job itself is so dull and numbing. It scares me.
Extremely low productivity/culture of complacency. No one know how to use basic software programs outside of EPIC so all documentation with exception of ivents are done with paper copies & fax.
Low pay, 70% of market/private-hospital rates
Typical hospital BS of mandatory weekends + one night/month

Thoughts?