Monica L. Anderson PharmD

• Collaborated with healthcare professionals for optimal patient care and coordinated drug therapy management.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of drug interactions, side effects, and contraindications, ensuring safe patient care.
• Assisted customers in selecting appropriate over-the-counter products based on their symptoms and medical history.
• Educated patients on proper medication usage, dosage instructions, potential side effects, and storage requirements.

• Dispensed and procured medicinal products and supplies used in hospital.
• Verified safe and secure storage of medicines and hospital supplies to minimize loss and accidents.
• Maintained patient and medication records in compliance with government regulations and department policies and procedures.
• Reviewed and monitored patient past and present medication records, checking for errors, incompatibilities and adverse reactions to avoid future complications.
• Administered immunizations to hospital staff who are required to keep certain immunizations up to date
• Assessed patient knowledge of chosen therapy to tailor counseling to meet needs of individual patients.
• Reviewed patient profiles and perform interventions regarding weight based dosing, renal dosing of different medications, drug interactions, appropriate therapy selection and management.
• Calculate vancomycin and gentamicin order. Also, compound pediatric medications for IV use

Preparation and dispensing of medications, review patient medication profile to determine appropriateness. Monitor for side effects, drug interactions, and drug allergies. Provide instructions to patients regarding medication consumption and side effects. Comply with pharmacy laws and practices of retail pharmacy as well as military requirements. Familiar with Tricare formulary as well as special purchase/prior authorization process. Familiar with GSL, Genesis, Q Flow, PharmAssist, Script Center, CHCS, and military pharmacy operations. Takes corrective action in all obvious instances of inappropriate therapy, incompatibilities or drug interactions. Familiar with military market in Colorado Springs as well as the Joint Refill Center (JRC).

Prepare and evaluate orders to verify dosage, dosage regimen, and quantity to be dispensed. Provide instructions to patients regarding medication consumption and side effects. Comply with pharmacy laws and practices of retail pharmacy as well as military requirements. Familiar with Tricare formulary as well as special purchase/prior authorization process. Familiar with GSL, PharmAssist, and CHCS and military pharmacy operations. Takes corrective action in all obvious instances of inappropriate therapy, incompatibilities, or drug interactions.

Prepare IV infusions and make chemotherapy preparations for multiple disease states. Use EPIC and Beacon systems. Ensure policies and procedures are followed as well as pharmacy laws and regulations. Manage inventory and mix very expensive IV medications. Troubleshoot with EPIC team on making improvements with EPIC computer system and assist with protocol development. Counsel infusion patients about medications if needed.  Maintain proper pharmacy and general safety procedures and standards. Maintain proper inventory levels, rotate stock, and immediately act upon prescription drug recalls. Oversee pharmacy technicians on drug preparation and distribution activities to provide safe and efficient care for patients. Fill departmental requisitions and crash cart/extravasation medication trays. Maintain proper compliance logs, including refrigerator temperatures and IV hood maintenance. Monitor antibiotics with pharmacokinetic dosing. Provide drug information to nursing. Develop and promote collaborative relationships with nurses, physicians, and department staff as they relate to pharmaceutical care of patients. Assist with pharmacokinetic consult service and drug dosing per protocol. Familiar with proper PPE with sterile and hazardous medication preparations. 

Effectively and efficiently worked in a retail pharmacy to maintain good pharmacy work flow and satisfactory customer service. Communicate directly with doctor's offices. Maintain drug inventory levels by ordering necessary medications and supplies and verifying deliveries against purchase orders. Verify patient data and billing information and process prior authorizations. Communicate with all customers and staff in a pleasant and professional manner. Calculate, weigh, measure, and mix ingredients with expert precision. Maintain pharmacy operations as required by corporate standards.

Responsible for pharmacy technician duties such as answering phones, filling nursing carts, restocking PYXIS machines, sending orders to nursing floors, maintaining proper controlled substance inventory, compounding of IV admixtures, chemotherapy, and TPNs.

Responsible for pharmacy technician duties such as ordering medications to maintain inventory, prescription order entry, insurance processing, answering telephones, filling prescriptions for the pharmacist, operating a cash register for medication pick ups, pull outdated/recalled medications, and provide excellent customer service.

Provide DNA sequencing and fragment analysis services to researchers at domestic and international academic institutions, government agencies, and private companies. All sequencing and fragment analysis samples were analyzed on Applied Biosystems DNA Analyzers to provide customers with the most sophisticated capillary sequencing technology to date. Data was sent to the bioinformatics team who compiled a detailed report for each customer.