PHM 1525 - Pharmacy Practice

Career and Technical Education

Class Hours: 3 hours lecture and 4 hours lab.
Semester Credit Hours: 5

This course is intended to acquaint the student with medication distribution systems utilized in retail and hospital pharmacy, including processing of individual prescriptions, floor stock distribution, unit dose systems, and IV admixture. Topics discussed include hazardous waste handling, infection control, principles of quality assurance, and equipment use and maintenance. Exercises in packaging, unit dose functions, retail pharmacy functions and aseptic compounding and parenteral admixture, and use of computer database systems will be performed in the laboratory.