In addition to providing prescription products, a major emphasis is placed on patient education and counseling, and compounding of commercially unavailable products. University Pharmacy located on the first floor of the North Tower serves hospital patients and employees. Anticoagulation Clinic Pharmacists working in the Anticoagulation Clinic monitor outpatients on warfarin therapy. Patients are interviewed for signs and symptoms of bleeding or thromboembolic complications. Patients have their blood drawn at each visit and their warfarin dosages are adjusted accordingly.
Pharmacists also check patients' blood pressures.
Education and compliance, including referral to Dupont's Indigent Patient Program, are strongly emphasized. In addition, pharmacists participate in discharge planning, such as simplification of medication regimens, with an emphasis on patient compliance, cost-effectiveness, and patient education. Ambulatory responsibilities include the Anticoagulation Clinic, where patient's warfarin and concomitant drug therapy are assessed. Full-time faculty, drug information residents, hospital pharmacy residents, and Pharm. D. students staff the Center.