Complete this month's Continuing Education questions to qualify for extra NZ College of Pharmacists credits. go
Last month's answers here
By Ramy Burjony
Health professional or shop trader?
28 July 2010
2 comments
This question arises in response to queries whether it is okay to discount certain pharmacy...
Good old Pharmac
21 July 2010
Every so often when the fax machine goes off and the letterhead reads Pharmac, I wish for some...
Let's talk ethics
14 July 2010
As the football world cup came to a close, there were incidents that raised controversy. This led...
Tip of the Week
Gary Chalmers, pharmacist at Collingwood St Pharmacy in Nelson
When dividing insulin cartridges remember, because there are 30 days in a month and 300 doses in each 3ml insulin cartridge. Therefore 30 times the daily dose divided by 300 equals the number of cartridges used per month. So to calculate just divide the total daily dose by 10 when calculating how many cartridges are required.
_______________________________________________________
Catherine Price, pharmacist at Pharmacy One, Penrose, Auckland 11/3/08
An old food processor can be used to dispose a large amount of controlled drugs.
The tablets and capsules take a while to break down in the mortar and pestle, but can be disposed quickly in the processor.
Some water should be added to keep down the dust, and the processor must never be used for food again.
________________________________________________________
Des Adams, director Care Chemist 20/2/08
Use your own formulations.
We have our own chesty cough mixture, dry cough mixture, cold sore cream, mouth ulcer paint, haemorrhoidal ointment, etc.
When a customer comes in offer your personal formulation to them. They can only purchase it from you so need to come back for more.
· It builds customer relations more than anything else
· At the same time it adds extra dollars to your bottom line
· The key is to charge the same price as the proprietary product.