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Tuesday, October 04, 2005
First day of workSharon and I both were posted to NUH's retail pharmacy department. We reached the reporting place today at 8.30am and attended a briefing about the organisatin of NUH's pharmacies. They have lots of main and satallite pharmacies around NUH. The lady incharge of us was Nancy. She was very friendly and made us feel very welcome.
After that briefing, we went over to the pharmacy which we are suppose to work for 2 months. Redzwan was the senior pharm tech over that who taught us the ropes today. We learnt about packing drugs from prescriptions. We had to be cautious of many things just alone in packing. Names, strength, formulation etc must be checked thoroughly before picking the drugs for packing. I can tell you its kinda stress becoz if any medication errors occur, you will be giving the seniors there trouble becoz they had to repack again.
I've made a few mistakes today, like taking the wrong formulation (the package for eye drops and ointment are really very similar), and like pasting the label in the wrong way or forgeting to check certain things before packing. However Redzwan was not furious but instead correct me in a very friendly and helpful way. I find that after making such mistakes, ive became more vigilant in doing it since i will always remind myself never to repeat it again. I hope things will get better next time, and not causing any troubles there while working. Target for myself this week is to pack drugs in a more efficient and faster way without mistakes.
Selina
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