I A C P C O M P O U N D E R S a r e C O M I N G t o t h e R E S C U E ! Pharmacists Play a Critical Role During Drug Shortages As hospital medication shortages continue to President Scott Karolchyk, RPh, FIACP, and his dominate the news, compounding pharmacists are Pharmacy Creations staff’s efforts in the drug playing an increasing role in providing medication shortage situation. Scott was instrumental in options. IACP’s Compounding Pharmacy developing CPAQ along with IACP’s Hospital Assessment Questionnaire (CPAQ™) provides Shortage Group - IACP Members Linda McElhiney, IACP Members with an invaluable tool to open a PharmD, RPh, FIACP, FASHP, and Lisa Ashworth, meaningful dialogue with hospitals, institutions, RPh.All Custom Care Times issues can be found in physicians as well as patients about the IACP’s Members-only site. compounding services you can provide and the Tell your story! If you have been working with your standards employed in your practice. Let your local hospitals to help bridge the gap during these communities including your local media know that medication shortages – please let IACP know. We you can help! are working to share our member stories in the To date, IACP has distributed messaging regarding news press. Please email dagmar@iacprx.org. CPAQ and how compounders are coming to the Click here for an NCPA American Pharmacist article, rescue during drug shortages to more than 1,500 profiling Scott and his pharmacy practice about how congressional contacts, to all state boards of compounding is helping, as well as CPAQ. pharmacy and pharmacy associations, to hospital and medical associations as well as to each state Click here for an article profiling Lisa Ashworth, chapter of the American Society of Health-System RPh, hospital Compounding Pharmacist and Pharmacists (ASHP).You can find these email alerts Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. in our Member Center on IACP’s web site at Click here for story explaining how Michael Blaire, www.iacprx.org. We also have communicated this RPh, Diamondback Drugs in Scottsdale, Ariz., information to our more than 164,000 P2C2 patient has served his animal patients also impacted by and practitioner advocates and to consumer the shortages. publications across the country. Check out the P2C2 Custom Care Times article featuring IACP 20 I A C P C U S T O M Rx C O N N E C T I O N I A C P R X . O R G
Custom Rx Connection August 2012
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