Category: pharmacy

10 Questions to Ask Your Pharmacist

Female pharmacist helping a senior customer.

September 25 is World Pharmacists Day Pharmacists are a bridge between you and your doctor. Your pharmacist might also be the health professional you see and talk to most often about your health.(1) Pharmacists are trained to help you manage and improve your health every day. Your pharmacist—along with your doctor or nurse—can give you Read More >

September 20, 2022 by Blog AdminstratorLeave a comment

General, preparedness, prevention

disaster readiness, emergency preparedness, insulin, medication safety, personal health, pharmacist, pharmacy, power outage, prescription medicine

Preparing Your Medicine Cabinet for an Emergency: A Checklist

Closeup view of an eighty year old senior woman's hands as she sorts her prescription medicine.

If you read our blog on a regular basis you can probably recite the mantra “Make a kit. Have a plan. Be informed.” in your sleep. You are probably familiar with the important items you should keep in your emergency kit – water, food, a flashlight, and a battery-powered radio. What you may not think Read More >

October 16, 2017 by CDR Ibad Khan, Pharmacist, Division of Emergency Operations, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response5 Comments

natural disasters, preparedness

disaster, Emergency kit, Emergency Plan, go bag, health insurance, medical supplies, medicine, pharmacy, prescription drugs