Utah Pharmacy Association

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                        UPhA Partners with TRC, Now Offering Pharmacy Technicians University & Pharmacist's Letter. 
                    

                                                

                    

                        Update on using TRC subscriptions for Pharmacy Technician University and recent Utah Board of PharmacyThe Utah Pharmacy Association has been working closely with the Utah State Board of Pharmacy on updates to their rule that would discontinue the PTU program. Over the last several months we have come up with a solution that will allow us to keep the program in place. There will be a few items that UPhA will work with the state board to do every year or two and this will allow the program to continue. We are hoping that the finalized language will be available this month or next at the State Board of Pharmacy Meeting. Part of these changes will include UPhA and PTU providing an update and meeting with the State Board of Pharmacy for continued approval each year. This will help suffice for the Board on making sure that only approved programs are available and allow a pathway for new programs to go through if they have a valid training program. The short answer to this all is that we will continue to use the PTU program and there should be little change to it from the pharmacy perspective. 
 
STOCKTON, Calif., November 5, 2018 — Therapeutic Research Center (TRC® Healthcare, or TRC), a leading provider of medication advisory and learning solutions and the author of Pharmacist’s Letter, and the Utah Pharmacy
                            Association (UPhA), an organization committed to serving, advancing, and promoting the Pharmacy profession in Utah, announced today an agreement that enables UPhA to offer its Utah-based retail pharmacies employer-based training
                            via subscription to Pharmacy Technicians University, a one-of-a-kind online training program for pharmacy technicians. In addition, UPhA can now offer subscriptions for its retail pharmacy store members to the Community Pharmacy
                            Standard Bundle from TRC, which includes access to Pharmacist’s Letter, Pharmacy Technician’s Letter, the Learning Management Portal and CE Organizer for assigning and tracking continuing education, and Natural Medicines,the
                            most comprehensive natural/alternative medicine and supplement database available.
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Check out a quick, 90 second overview video to learn more about Pharmacy Technicians University
   
Pharmacist:
Pharmacists in the Utah Pharmacy Association have various benefits and services to help them in their professional and personal work. These UPhA benefits include legislative representation, our various continuing education programs, our NewsCapsule communication, and our various partner programs.  
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Technicians:                        
Pharmacy Technicians in the UPhA are the life blood of the Pharmacy profession and for this reason we have developed resources that can help our technicians be the best that they can. These resources are member only benefits and can be found by logging into the member only area.       
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Students:
Find Resources for Pharmacy Students in the UPhA. The resources have been developed by the UPhA Student Relations Committee with our members in mind. The UPhA relationship with each of the Pharmacy Colleges has been further developed including an annual Scholarship donation to each school.
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PRESS RELEASE: DOH Releases New Pharmacy State-Wide Standing Order for Naloxone

December 9th, Salt Lake City, The Executive Director of the Utah Department of Health signed a statewide standing order allowing pharmacists to dispense naloxone, without a prior prescription, to anyone at increased risk of experiencing or witnessing an opioid overdose. Naloxone is a safe and legal drug that can reverse an heroin and prescription opioid overdoses by blocking the effects of opiates on the brain and restoring breathing in minutes.

During the 2016 General Legislative Session, Rep. Steve Eliason sponsored House Bill 240 Opiate Overdose Response Act, which passed authorizing the Utah Department of Commerce and UDOH to implement a standing prescription drug order to dispense naloxone.

Having this statewide standing order in place will increase access to naloxone for the public. Included in the link below is the actual standing order. You may go to naloxone.utah.gov to learn more and to voluntarily enroll as a pharmacy acting under the standing order.

Naloxone State-Wide Standing Order Training Webinar - Mid-Year Meeting 2016 (Members Only)

Naloxone State-Wide Standing Order Download (PDF)

Compounding in Utah - Compounding Task Force Committee

The Compounding Task Force meets regularly and has asked the UPhA to develop a list for communicating information to compounding pharmacies. The link below will provide an opportunity to sign up to receive compounding specific information from UPhA. This email list is managed by Association Solutions, the UPhA management team. No information will be shared with outside organizations, including DOPL. The link below will take you to a constant contact sign up form.

Please watch future emails as we further develop a Compounding Pharmacy In Utah section of our newsletter. If you have great information you would like to have shared with other compounding pharmacies in Utah, please email us at upha@upha.com.

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