Development of an Environmental Audit Tool for Hospital Pharmacy.

Background: Health care contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, and pharmacy departments have many opportunities to reduce their emissions.

Objective: To describe the development and implementation of an environmental audit tool for hospital pharmacy departments.

Methods: A pharmacy environmental audit tool was developed by modifying a generic workplace audit tool to include pharmacy-specific content.

Characterization of Antithrombotic Regimens for Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation and Obesity Discharged from Cardiology Wards.

Background: Despite data derived from observational studies, optimal anticoagulation strategies have yet to be established for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and obesity.

Objective: To describe direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) regimens prescribed for adult patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who weighed more than 120 kg.

Methods: This single-centre, retrospective cohort study, conducted in the Saskatchewan Health Authority - Regina Area, involved adult patients with body weight greater than 120 kg who had an indication for oral anticoagulation to treat nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and were discharged by a cardiologist between June 2019 and July 2021.

Anticoagulation Interventions by Pharmacists in Acute Care.

Background: Clinical pharmacy key performance indicators (cpKPIs) relate to activities performed by pharmacists that have been shown to improve patient outcomes. Within Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) Regina, most cpKPIs are incorporated into the organization's clinical practice standards, which provide guidance in prioritizing care, especially for high-risk medications, including anticoagulants. To track pharmacists' interventions associated with clinical practice standards, a locally developed electronic data-capture system (known as AIM High) was implemented.

Measuring Competency of Pharmacy Residents: A Survey of Residency Programs' Methods for Assessment and Evaluation.

Background: The Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board (CPRB) specifies the competencies that pharmacy residents must attain and the need for assessment and evaluation. Methods of assessment and evaluation are left to the discretion of individual programs. There is a scarcity of published literature compiling and comparing the strategies used by Canadian residency programs.

Simultaneous Clinical Presentation of Renal Cell Carcinoma and Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis.

A 77-year-old female was admitted to the hospital for an evaluation of congestive heart failure. She gave a history of progressive peripheral edema over eight to 10 months, extending up to the knees bilaterally. Admitting creatinine was 148 mmol/L, serum albumin was 15g/L, and urine protein on quantification was 9.

Baseline Competency Assessment of Pharmacists Prescribing and Managing Vancomycin Therapy in the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region.

Background: Pharmacists in the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region (RQHR), Saskatchewan, independently dose, monitor, and adjust vancomycin therapy. No framework exists for ongoing competency assessment of pharmacists.

Objectives: The primary objective was to determine pharmacists' overall level of competency for all components of the vancomycin prescribing procedure.