The machines are secured with biometric scans, make up a very small part of the legal hydromorphone tablets dispensed in Vancouver, and don’t pose a higher risk than pharmacy pick-ups or in-house deliveries in safe supply, the organization says.
A pharmacist was fined thousands after she let an unregulated employee secure drugs, prepare prescriptions and give prepared medications to customers unsupervised.
Recently unsealed federal grand jury indictments allege the defendants took part in a scam that sold more than 7,600 fraudulent nursing degree diplomas from three Florida-based nursing schools.
The order said the next exam will go ahead on March 27 as scheduled, but nursing students will be given the option to wait until the next date in September if they prefer.
Metro pharmacies will begin using the e-prescribing service PrescribeIT in all its stores by April 2023. The change will happen in both Metro and Food Basics Pharmacies.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's promise to assemble a panel of medical experts to deliver ongoing advice on public health and COVID-19 will be covered off by former Reform Party Leader Preston Manning's pandemic review.
