It’s Pharmacy Awareness Month across Canada.

Shannan Neubauer is the Manager of Pharmacy Services with the Saskatchewan Health Authority. She says the month highlights pharmacy practice in a hospital.

Neubauer explained the role of a pharmacist in a hospital is to optimize drug therapy for a patient, tailoring the best dose and best drug option for them.

A pharmacist also educates patients and their families about the medications, as well as work to prevent or minimize any adverse effects to medications.