Millcreek Community Hospital Observation Report

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Millcreek Community Hospital (MCH) was my first IPPE rotation site in the summer 2016. At the beginning, with two years of experience at Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, I’m very confident and comfortable with the hospital and pharmacy settings. I was not surprised the pharmacy’s setting in hospital when I arrived at MCH.
Everyday, I first walking through the door of pharmacy, I saw a front counter on the right where pharmacist and pharmacy technician communicated with patients and MCH health care employees through the window. This is where pharmacist and pharmacy technicians also gave medications to patients and MCH healthcare employees. Then, there is a section for inhalers and eyes medications on the left and it’s …show more content…

Also, there is a section for all liquid medications on the shelves and also in alphabet orders. Next to liquid medications, there is a computer where pharmacist can look over patient’s profile, medications list, and verify the order. As I continued to walk straight down, I saw lots of medications on the shelves. These medications called fast movers where popular medications that hospital used a lots. All of these medications all located in one area so that it can be easy for pharmacist and pharmacy technicians to look through when there is an order. For medications that are not fast movers, it located next to fast movers medications so that it can be easy and convenient for pharmacy technicians to look through when physician prescribed the order of medications. As I turned left, I saw that there is an IV room in the back of the pharmacy where IV products are being made to supply to entire hospital upon requested. The room is sanitized and cleans monthly to prevent bacterial contamination from outside. As I walked through IV room, there are two seats for staff pharmacist to seat and preview patient’s profile and their medication list, verify, and answer the phone calls from the floors. Also, in the back, there are IV products

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