PHAR108 — Inpatient & Home Healthcare Pharmacy Preparation and Record Keeping
PHAR 108 - Inpatient & Home Healthcare Pharmacy Preparation and Record Keeping PHAR 108 - Inpatient & Home Healthcare Pharmacy Preparation and Record Keeping 8 Total Credits In this course, students will gain advanced knowledge and instruction in, and perform duties for Long-/Short-Term Care, Inpatient Hospital, and IV preparation. Students learn and demonstrate the basic aseptic techniques for CSPs as well as the safety standards under USP 797. Also, students will practice unit-dose drug distribution, compounding, packaging, labeling, floor stock, pharmacy inventory PAR levels, and inventory ordering and how it applies to record-keeping in LTC, Hospital, and IV. Students will learn and understand the various inpatient pharmacy settings, the emergency department (includes Med-Recon), emergency medications, and the use of home infusion administration devices. Additionally, students will learn and perform pharmacy calculations used in LTC, Hospital, and IV pharmacies through the use of a standard calculator. Special pharmacy calculations include fractions, decimals, percent solutions, percent strength, Roman numerals, ratio proportions, metric and apothecary applications and symbols, specific gravity, v/v, w/v, w/w, size and types of containers, flow rate, alligation method, NDC numbers, and other specialized pharmacy calculations associated to the practice of hospital pharmacies. Course