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 AGH Pharmacy
Allegheny General Hospital’s Department of Pharmacy provides 24-hour comprehensive services, utilizing a decentralized, computerized unit-dose drug distribution system, and intravenous admixture programs. Services include: drug information, computerized inventory control and procurement systems, integrated drug use review, and quality improvement. Extensive inservice education and staff development programs are also available.
Pharmacists assume direct patient care responsibilities for ensuring the safe and effective use of medications, in addition to supervising supportive pharmacy personnel. Pharmacists with specialized training provide expertise in advanced principles of pharmaceutical care in areas including critical care, infectious diseases, cardiology, internal medicine, oncology, and drug information.
The health care setting at AGH offers an ideal environment for the training and education of pharmacists and supportive pharmacy personnel. Affiliations with Duquesne University and University of Pittsburgh Schools of Pharmacy, as well as other academic centers and professional organizations, are fostered in an effort to provide formal educational programs through clerkships, externships, internships, and residencies.
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