Pharmacy Appreciation Month Crossword Puzzle

2. adjustment done by Pharmacists to ensure medications are appropriate for patient’s renal and hepatic functions
4. reconciliation done by MRPs or pharmacists to assess if patients’ home meds could be restarted in hospital
8. events reporting: occurs when patient has a harmful medication related reaction and is documented as an incident when reported to unit Pharmacist
9. drug monitoring: Pharmacists assess, monitor, and order drug levels to ensure efficacy and safety of drugs e.g. vancomycin, phenytoin, warfarin
11. prophylaxis: started for most hospitalized patients to prevent thrombus development in acute illness/immobility, enoxaparin is the most commonly used agent, heparin is used in renal patients
13. a list of medications available in the hospital
14. important piece of information for Pharmacists to assess drug dosing, please provide estimate if not available
16. medications: are stocked in pharmacy, please ask pt or family if home supply is available
17. double check required for high concentration parenteral opioids and insulin

1. drug cabinets on the units, please use for PRN medications and narcotics. Stocked by Pharmacy Technicians daily.
3. IV compounding done by Pharmacy Technicians who follow NAPRA guidelines to make parenteral medications
5. important piece of information for Pharmacists to assess drug dosing, please provide estimate if not available
6. monograph reference for giving IV medications
7. possible medication history: done by Pharmacy Technicians on admission to ensure home medications are appropriately assessed
10. Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) at Trillium Health Partners
12. done by Pharmacists when new orders are entered by Physicians to ensure medications are appropriate for the patient
15. parenteral nutrition: intravenous nutrition replacement