
The CDC and local poison control centers offer useful guidance for best practices.
Ayesha M. Khan, PharmD, BCPS, is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Chicago State University College of Pharmacy (CSU-COP) and maintains a practice site at Rush University Medical Center. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy in 2012 and then completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at The University of Toledo Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio.

The CDC and local poison control centers offer useful guidance for best practices.

The IDSA and SHEA have made a recent update to the previously published practice guidelines for CDI. While many of the recommendations remain the same, there are a few key changes that the update has addressed.

This article was primarily authored by Halina Mydra, PharmD Candidate at Chicago State University College of Pharmacy and reviewed by Ayesha Khan, PharmD, BCPS.

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Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an antibody-mediated process involving the destruction of platelets.

Every pharmacy student looks forward to rotations. This experiential year provides budding pharmacists with exciting, hands-on opportunities build upon their didactic experiences and strengthen their clinical skills. Much of the rotation experience can depend upon the preceptor. Whether you?re a new preceptor seeking methods to effectively precept, or a third-year pharmacy student preparing to start rotations, we offer these practical tips for students and preceptors alike to optimize the rotation experience.

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