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Drug & Therapeutics Newsletter

Featured articles June 2010 (253 KB PDF file)

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Eprosartan to Candesartan Interchange

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Epidural Solution Preparation

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Fat Emulsion Hanging Duration

bullet Heparin Prophylaxis Dosing Times
bullet Heparin Premixed Bags
bullet Heparin Potency Change
bullet PDTM Updates
bullet Diltiazem Once Daily Interchanges
bullet Mineral Oil Enemas
bullet Pharmacy Awards
bullet Clostridium difficile Guideline UPDATE!

 

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 Presentations

What's New

Featured presentations:
Drug-Induced Acute Renal Dysfunction
Karen Shalansky, Pharm.D., FCSHP
Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists BC Branch, Spring Therapeutics 2010, Vancouver, BC, April 20, 2010

Triazole Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: To measure or not to measure?
Trana Hussaini, Pharm.D.

12th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group, Vancouver, BC, April 7-10, 2010

Overcoming Challenges in Outpatient Drug Therapy
Katie Lacaria, BSc.(Pharm.)

12th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Blood and Marrow Transplant Group, Vancouver, BC, April 7-10, 2010

Gorillacillins in the ICU: From SPACE and Beyond...
Tim T.Y. Lau, Pharm.D., FCSHP
7th Annual Canadian Critical Care Conference 2010, Whistler, BC, March 17-20, 2010

More presentations
 

bullet *Career Opportunities*
bullet Vancomycin Empiric Dosing Guidelines
bullet Anti-infective Comparison Card (August 2008 edition-Updated on January 8, 2010) (496 KB PDF file)
bulletDrugs & Therapeutics Newsletter (June 2010 issue) NEW!
bulletDrug Formulary Policies & Prescribing Tools updates  (August 2010)
bullet Once Daily Aminoglycoside Dosing Guidelines
bullet VGH Pharmacy Ward Stock Master List (May 2010)
bullet UBC Hospital Pharmacy Ward Stock Master List (July 2010)
bullet Vancouver Residential Care Wardstock/Contingency Medication List (August 2010)
bulletParenteral Drug Therapy Manual (PDTM) No longer available on vhpharmsci.com website

 Presentation Handouts

Influenza: Back to the Basics
(A Question & Answer Session)
November 18, 2009

Tim T.Y. Lau, Pharm.D., FCSHP
Regional Pharmacy Services, Vancouver General Hospital, St. Paul's Hospital and Lions' Gate Hospital, November, 2009

COPD: Is it All Smoke and Mirrors? Weighing the Evidence
Karen Dahri, Pharm.D., BCPS
Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists BC Branch, Clinical Symposium 2009, Vancouver, BC, September 22, 2009

Managing Hypertension: Have We ACCOMPLISHed Anything at ALL or Still Drawing Drugs Out of a HAT
Harjinder Parwana, Pharm.D.
Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists BC Branch, Clinical Symposium 2009, Vancouver, BC, September 22, 2009

 

Vancomycin in 2008: 52 Years Later...Have We Figured It Out Yet?
Tim T.Y. Lau, Pharm.D., FCSHP
Mary H.H. Ensom, Pharm.D., FASHP, FCCP, FCSHP, FCAHS
Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists BC Branch, Annual General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, November 21-22, 2008

FAQ's in Cardiology: Things that Make You Go Hmmm
Elaine Y. Lum, Pharm.D., BCPS
Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists BC Branch, Annual General Meeting, Vancouver, BC, November 21-22, 2008

It's Just Not That into You: The No-excuses Truth to Understanding Rejection and Transplant Pharmacology
Erica D. Greanya, Pharm.D.
Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists BC Branch, Clinical Symposium, Vancouver, BC, September 24, 2008


Canadian HAP/VAP Guidelines 2008: "Infiltrating" the Data and "Consolidating" the Evidence
Gabriel Loh, Pharm.D., BCPS
Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists BC Branch, Clinical Symposium, Vancouver, BC, September 24, 2008

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