The Importance of Pronouns to your Patients
Pharmacy Connection shares this reflection from a patient who speaks to the importance of embracing equity, diversity and inclusion in everyday pharmacy practice.
EDI
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The Importance of Pronouns to your Patients
June 27, 2022Pharmacy Connection shares this reflection from a patient who speaks to the importance of embracing equity, diversity and inclusion in everyday pharmacy practice. -
EDI Strategy Will Help Promote Learning and Inclusive Experiences
May 24, 2022The College is developing a formal equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy to support its public interest mandate and further enhance its role as Ontario’s pharmacy regulator. -
3 Reasons why EDI is Important in Pharmacy
May 24, 2022Pharmacy Connection shares three reasons why equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is important in pharmacy.
- Resources for Pharmacy Professionals to Support Indigenous Cultural Competency
- Ask, Listen, Learn: Understanding Opportunities to Enhance Care for Indigenous Patients
- Spotlight on: University of Toronto Pharmacy Students Bringing Awareness to Healthcare Barriers Faced by Indigenous Patients
Medication Safety
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Importance of Assessing for Therapeutic Appropriateness
June 13, 2022Under the NAPRA Model Standards of Practice, pharmacists must assess all prescriptions for therapeutic appropriateness before the medication is dispensed. -
User Feedback Continues to Enhance AIMS Program and Platform
May 26, 2022As part of the College’s commitment to making enhancements to the Assurance and Improvement in Medication Safety (AIMS) Program, users provided insights on potential improvements to the program and platform. -
AIMS Tips and Enhancements
May 26, 2022Enhancing the user experience of completing the Pharmacy Safety Self-Assessment and recording medication safety incidents in the AIMS platform is a College priority. Here we share tips and enhancements.
- Part I: Preventing Dispensing Errors of Similarly Named Drugs
- Part II: Putting AIMS Into Practice – Preventing Dispensing Errors of Similarly Named Drugs
- Creating a Culture of Medication Safety in Your Pharmacy
Compounding
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Non-sterile Compounding Standards: Lessons from a Community Pharmacy
June 21, 2022Bronwyn Tolmie is the owner of Trailside Pharmacy in Fergus and Elora Apothecary in Elora and has played a key role in implementing the non-sterile compounding standards in her pharmacies.… -
3 Guiding Principles of the New Drug Preparation Premises Framework
March 16, 2022Three guiding principles that drug preparation premises and registrants should adhere to in order to ensure an environment and culture that promotes patient, compounding personnel and healthcare provider safety. -
Non-Sterile Compounding Q&A with a Community Pharmacist
January 24, 2022The implementation and adherence of NAPRA’s non-sterile compounding standards is an important way pharmacy professionals can increase patient safety and protect pharmacy personnel.
- Up to Standard: Tips on Meeting Non-Sterile Compounding Standards
- Pharmacist Q&A: Implementing Non-Sterile Compounding Standards
- Exploring the Foundations of Pharmacy Renovations
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Non-sterile Compounding Standards: Lessons from a Community Pharmacy
Bronwyn Tolmie is the owner of Trailside Pharmacy in Fergus and Elora Apothecary in Elora and has played a key role in implementing the non-sterile compounding standards in her pharmacies.…
Focus on Quality Assurance: Tips on Meeting Sterile Compounding Standards
Compounding sterile preparations is a high-risk activity which requires compliance with comprehensive standards to ensure the overall quality of the preparation and the safety of patients and compounding personnel. College…
Importance of Assessing for Therapeutic Appropriateness
Under the NAPRA Model Standards of Practice, pharmacists must assess all prescriptions for therapeutic appropriateness before the medication is dispensed.
