PHAR 108 - Inpatient & Home Healthcare Pharmacy Preparation and Record Keeping

8 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 Outcomes

Demonstrate and apply aseptic techniques under USP 797 and non-sterile compounding.
Utilize Total Parenteral Nutrition solutions and other IV orders.
Demonstrate knowledge learned from LTC and Hospital Inpatient orders and inventory.
Assist pharmacists in collecting, organizing, and recording demographic and clinical information for direct patient care and medication-use review.
Prepare non-patient-specific medications for distribution (e.g., batch, stock medications).
Distribute medications in a manner that follows specified procedures with different facilities.
Practice effective infection control procedures, including preventing transmission of blood-borne and airborne diseases and complete CPNW modules.
Assist pharmacists in preparing, storing, and distributing medication products requiring special handling and documentation [(e.g., controlled substances, immunizations, chemotherapy, investigational drugs, drugs with mandated Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) if any.]
Assist pharmacists in identifying and describing the monitoring of medication therapies.
Prepare patient-specific medications for distribution.
Maintain pharmacy facilities and equipment, including automated dispensing equipment.
Use material safety data sheets (SDS) to identify, handle, and safely dispose of hazardous materials.
Procurement, Billing, Reimbursement and Inventory Management.
Apply accepted procedures in purchasing pharmaceuticals, devices, and supplies.
Apply standard procedures in inventory control of medications, equipment, and devices.
Explain pharmacy reimbursement plans for covering pharmacy services and credits.
Apply patient- and medication-safety practices in all aspects of the pharmacy technician’s roles.
Verify measurements, preparation, and/or packaging of medications produced by other healthcare professionals (e.g., tech-check-tech).
Explain pharmacists’ roles when they are responding to emergencies and how pharmacy technicians can assist pharmacists.
Demonstrate skills required for effective emergency preparedness and crash carts.
Assist pharmacists in medication reconciliation.
Describe the use of current technology and informatics in the healthcare environment to ensure the safety and accuracy of medication dispensing.
Compare and contrast the roles of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in ensuring pharmacy department compliance with professional standards, regulatory rules, TJC, and relevant legal, regulatory, formulary, contractual, and safety requirements.
Maintain confidentiality of patient information.
Apply quality assurance practices to pharmaceuticals, durable, and non-durable medical equipment, devices, and supplies.
Explain procedures and communication channels to use in the event of a product recall or shortage, a medication error, or identification of another problem.