Attitudes of matriculating first-year pharmacy students toward a mandatory, random drug-screening program.

Objective: To determine the attitudes of incoming pharmacy students toward a mandatory, random urine drug-screening program.

Methods: This was an anonymous, voluntary survey of students at the McWhorter School of Pharmacy (MSOP) using an instrument composed of 40 items. The instrument was administered during orientation week prior to the session during which the policies and procedures of MSOP's drug-screening program were to be discussed.

Instruction on compounded sterile preparations at U.S. schools of pharmacy.

Purpose: The extent of didactic and laboratory instruction related to compounded sterile preparations (CSPs) provided by U.S. schools of pharmacy was studied.