(n.) One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary.
Example Sentences:
(1) v. Portland Retail Druggists Association, Inc. A United States Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Kaiser, holding that the HMO was purchasing drugs for its "own use" and thus qualified for exemption from the provisions of the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act.
(2) In this country any chemist or druggist can furnish the means of self-destruction or murder for a few pence, and in too many instances have done so with the utmost indifference.
(3) The central characters of the show entitled "Health and Merriment" were: the housewife Larimunda, the druggist Salim, and the clowns Banziero, Xulex, and Primentinha.
(4) v. Portland Retail Druggists Association and De Modena v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan have helped to clarify the answer to that question.
(5) The findings of the U.S. Supreme Court, in its March 24, 1976, decision in the case of Portland Retail Druggists vs Abbott Laboratories et al, are presented.
(6) Druggist, obstetrician, builder, lecturer, poet and philanderer, his career was a chequered and eventful one.
(7) Also, 80% of the respondents agreed with the statement concerning fear of going to a doctor or druggist out of fear of discovery.
(8) Ascertainment of the cases from these zones was made (a) by collecting data from the major hospitals and diabetes clinics by personal visit; (b) by questionnaire sent to medical practitioners in the area; and (c) from the chemists and druggists who sell insulin.
(9) The ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Abbot Laboratories et al vs Portland Retail Druggists Association is discussed as it relates to hospital pharmacy purchasing practices.
Pharmacist
Definition:
(n.) One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist.
Example Sentences:
(1) Clinical pharmacists were required to clock in at 51 institutions (15.0%), staff pharmacists at 62 (18.2%), and pharmacy technicians at 144 (42.9%).
(2) Guidelines are presented for pharmacist coordination of the importation for use by institutionalized patients of drugs not currently approved by the FDA.
(3) The number of pharmacist and technician full-time equivalents increased by only 1.5 in each category between 1985 and 1990.
(4) Pharmacists are criticized for a failing sense of mission and a waning dependence on knowledge.
(5) Ninety pharmacists are employed in 13 hospital pharmacies; half of the pharmacists are occupied bb drug product manufacturing.
(6) A pharmacist's knowledge of insulin products and the pharmacologic activity of the oral hypoglycemic and immunosuppressive agents may aid in the care of patients who are allergic or resistant to insulin.
(7) The course content and format were refined after 11 pharmacists completed a pilot program.
(8) PharmaTrend provides indicators in the areas of revenue, cost, drug distribution, clinical services, research, education, and management support; examples are total direct cost per admission, total drug cost per drug distribution work unit, and comparisons between cost and revenue, supportive staff and pharmacist work hours, and total staff work and paid hours.
(9) The complexity of this technique requires a close collaboration between physicians, surgeons, pharmacists and biochemists.
(10) The De Hemptinne ether inhaler was presented to the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium in February, 1847 by Auguste De Hemptinne, a pharmacist.
(11) Given large number of institutions reporting the presence of formal, prospective, pharmacy-initiated monitoring programs, we suggest that clinical pharmacists will play a major role in implementing the necessary changes.
(12) To estimate the importance of this assertion it is necessary to understand the communication habits of pharmacists, especially their interactions with patients.
(13) In the interdisciplinary approach to home care, pharmacists, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, and others all participate on a home-care team.
(14) Only 1 of the 52 pharmacists actually demonstrated MDI inhalation technique, and this in response to a request.
(15) Subsequent to the questionnaire the PCCU liaison pharmacist implemented a visual display of monthly drug costs, an education program that included the presentation of questionnaire results, and drug information lectures discussing controversial therapeutic issues.
(16) The 2 types of exemptions proposed were: 1) allowing pharmacists to provide a prescription-only drug in an emergency with the doctor providing a prescription within 72 hours, and 2) allowing pharmacists to provide a 3-day emergency supply of drugs previously ordered by a physician.
(17) The most pronounced finding was the importance of supervisors being pharmacists: satisfaction on five of six satisfaction subscales was related to whether one's supervisor was a pharmacist.
(18) The pharmacist can play a valuable role in distributing information about poison control centers, poison prevention, and appropriate treatment of poisonings.
(19) Before the course was developed, pharmacy staff members were asked to rate their drug information skills; the pharmacists' responses indicated their belief that they were not proficient enough in the skills needed in daily practice.
(20) Between 95 and 98% of all aminoglycoside doses are calculated by staff pharmacists using traditional pharmacokinetic equations.