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- 4/30/2010
People Skills: Successful orientation
- 4/30/2010
Tech has a whale of a time preparing specialty compounds
Capsules for an ailing whale. Anaesthetics for dental patients. Transdermals for cats. These are just a few examples of the compounds that head pharmacy technician Anne Marie Taddeo has prepared in tandem with pharmacist Jennifer Schoenhals at Falls Pharmacy in Niagara Falls, Ont. A veteran employee of the 55-year-old, family-owned pharmacy—she started out as a cashier in 1974—Taddeo got involved in specialty compounding when Schoenhals took over the business from her parents. Taddeo and Schoenhals started by taking primary training at the Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA) in Houston. - 4/30/2010
Humber conference offers education and answers
With more authority comes more responsibility. Such is the case with the looming regulation of technicians in Ontario. Indeed, with registered techs being accountable to a regulatory body—and with pharmacists relying on them more to support their expanding scope of practice—it’s critical for techs to continuously upgrade their education. The 300-plus who attended the 28th Annual Pharmacy Technicians Conference at Humber College in Toronto were doing just that. - 4/30/2010
New Brunswick launches med review pilot
A medication review project called NB PharmaCheck is being piloted in New Brunswick. - 4/30/2010
Two pharmacists, one cause
- 4/30/2010
2010 Diabetes Update: Pediatric diabetes
Management, monitoring and special considerations in children and adolescents. - 4/30/2010
2010 Diabetes Update: Staying on target
New trends in prevention, practice tools, cancer risk and therapies