The October 2014 issue of the Canadian Adverse Reaction Newsletter, published by the Marketed Health Products Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, is now available. This ne...
Under the leadership of the professional practice director, the professional practice administrator support...
We will be holding meetings in the following cities:
Nov. 5 – Red Deer, Black Knight Inn
Nov. 13 – Calgary, Hotel Blackfoot
Nov. 27 – Lethbridge (location TBA)
Dec. 2 –Edmonton (location TBA)
All meetings will be held from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. We will update the ACP website as venue details ar...
Standard 1.18 of the Standards of Practice for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians states:
A pharmacist must maintain current certificates in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid, at a level determined by Council,...
ACP council is proposing amendments to its bylaws that:
We are now...
To ensure that FluMist® was delivered in a timely fashion, Alberta Health accepted the FluMist® Quadrivalent product. The Quadrivalent product has been brought in from the United States and will not include the Canadian product monograph or the DIN with...
The Safe Transitions in Care pre-conference will examine the impact of hand-overs to other providers and other transitions that affect patient care. Your input could help improve the healthcare system.
When: October 28
Where:...
The Health Sciences Education and Research Commons (HSERC) invites practicing or retired professionals interested in healthcare facilitation to join their team as facilitators for the Interprofessional Health Team Development 410 course for the Winter 2015 term.
This is a great chance for practitioners to devel...
Clinical pharmacists – you must complete the new continuing competence program (CCP) tutorial in order to renew your practice permit this year.
We suggest that you complete the tutorial now so that you understand the program requirements and leave yourself lots of time to complete the implementation of your learning, as required in the new program.
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It is important to remember that when compounding medications, recipes for more than one concentration may be available. Mix ups in the concentration can lead to dosing errors, which can result in signific...
Community pharmacies or other health institutions may request an AHS Pharmacy Services recipe, to maintain the continuity of care for AHS patients (e.g., discharge prescriptions) by contacting the Poison and Drug Information Service (PADIS):...
Use of the terms specialist and specialty, and any terms that infer either, is restricted by the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Regulation and the Pharmacy and Drug Regulation.
...All preceptors from the 2013/14 academic year are recognized on the U of A's Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences website at http://pharm.ualberta.ca/preceptors/preceptor-faculty.
Yes, but only under the following three conditions:
