What is a daily routine like as a pharmacist?

Pharmacists in the outpatient pharmacy are each responsible for dispensing up to 300-500 prescriptions per day. The position of dispensing medication is a great test of attentiveness, from mixing to dispensing, there can't be a single mistake.

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In an outpatient pharmacy, pharmacists are not just responsible for dispensing medications. The pharmacist first reviews the prescription with his or her pharmacy expertise to ensure that the patient's prescription is safe, effective, and economical; moreover, after dispensing the medication, the pharmacist has to explain in detail to the patient the dosage and precautions to be taken with the medication.

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The pharmacist in the inpatient pharmacy is primarily responsible for the medication of hospitalized patients. Each inpatient's medication is reviewed and dispensed here and then delivered to the ward. In the inpatient pharmacy, there is also a magical machine - the automatic pill-packing machine.

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For every bag of medicines for inpatients, every grain of medicine in every bag, the pharmacist personally checks them one by one.

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The intravenous drug configuration center, which may not seem to have any contact with patients, is in fact a link that is closely related to them. Pharmacists first review doctors' orders here to see if there are any contraindications between drugs and if the medication is reasonable.

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The pharmacist reviews each bag of infusion that has been configured.

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The clinical pharmacist, daily, has to go to the ward to conduct room checks. During the check-in, they talk to the patients cordially, ask them about their medication before and after hospitalization, assess the efficacy of the drugs, and monitor the patients' reactions to the drugs in a timely manner.

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The clinical pharmacist is observing the patient's condition after medication.

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Pharmacists in the Drug Inspection Room and Pharmacology Room are the gatekeepers of drug quality. They use advanced instruments and equipment to carry out drug analysis, new drug development, clinical trials, and scientific evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of drugs.

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Pharmacists in hospitals and pharmacies actively carry out a variety of forms and characteristics of the rational use of drugs publicity activities, so that the people can master the scientific way and method of drug use, improve the awareness of the safe use of medicines, and reduce the occurrence of drug-related damage incidents.

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Pharmacists often use their spare time to participate in academic exchanges and training activities, to keep track of cutting-edge developments in the field of global medicine, and to improve the ability and level of pharmacy services.