Happy National Nurses Week to all our nursing colleagues, clients, friends, and family.
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Happy National Nurses Week!
Happy National Nurses Week to all our nursing colleagues, clients, friends and family.
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U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week
U.S Antibiotic Awareness Week kicks off tomorrow (November 18th) and runs through November 24th.
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Happy National Nurses Week!
Happy National Nurses Week to all our nursing colleagues, clients, friends and family.
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January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month. Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the United States.
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Are Expired Medications Still Good?
Are Expired Medications Still Good? As a consultant pharmacist, I get asked this question almost daily. Whether it’s from a patient at home, someone at a nursing facility or an ambulatory surgery center, we all encounter expired medications. Can you still use them? Should you replace them? How should you handle expired medications?
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Be Antibiotic Aware: U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week
Be Antibiotic Aware and join the CDC’s educational effort to help improve antibiotic prescribing and use in the United States. The U.S Antibiotic Awareness Week kicks off today and runs through November 24th.
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How to Cut Costs with Benchmarking: Tips from a Consultant Pharmacist
How to cut cost with benchmarking is not a question we normally hear. We know facilities need to obtain and monitor both internal and external benchmarking as a requirement of accrediting organizations such as the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). We also know finding cost effective medications is a priority that can have a big impact on profitability. Is it possible to use benchmarking to save money? Yes! And here is how.
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Happy Halloween Weekend!
Happy Halloween Weekend from the OctariusRx team! Halloween can be a scary time of year. This year we celebrate this holiday weekend with our list of “Top Five Scariest Things” and our suggestions for dealing with them. Can you guess what’s on the list?
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Happy Columbus Day!
Happy Columbus Day from our team at OctariusRx. Whether you’re celebrating the sailor or the indigenous people who already lived in the “new world”, we think it’s a great opportunity to honor the spirit of exploration.
“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.”
― Ansel Adams