Celebrate Pharmacy

• American Pharmacist Month
• National Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy Week
• National Pharmacy Technician Day

American Pharmacist Month - Annually in October

• Talk to seniors about using medications safely
• Provide information to your community about vaccinations
• Create a display about your pharmacy and your staff
• Talk about safe disposal of medications
• Go to a local high school and talk about the profession
• Visit an elementary school and present Katy's kids
• Host a "brown-bag" session
• Offer health screenings and education
• Offer vaccinations
• Mark your calendar for PSW meetings
• Brush up on your clinical skills
• Place signs around the pharmacy
• Check out promotional materials from APhA
• Conduct themed "OTC Tours" with tips about how to select and use OTC medications safely
• Have your local mayor declare October "Pharmacist Month"

National Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy Week

• Offer tours of the central pharmacy to hospital staff
• Encourage a public official to formally recognize the week
• Develop a press release for your local paper
• Check out these ideas from ASHP
• Provide information to your community about vaccinations
• Create a display about your pharmacy department and your staff
• Go to a local high school and talk about the profession
• Visit an elementary school and present Katy's Kids
• Mark your calendar for PSW meetings
• Brush up on your clinical skills