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Pharmacists Caring For It's Communities! Next Step is the Senate! Your support helped our bill, AB1328: Clinical Laboratory Technology and Pharmacists, to pass the Assembly Floor UNANIMOULSY, 71-0, and now it is headed to the Senate!... This bill will amend various sections of Business and Professions Code which empowers pharmacists to more fully engage in caring for their communities. Passage of this bill will improve public health, enhance coordination of patient care, and facilitate care access in underserved communities. Help us keep the bill progressing in the legislature! Send in your letter of support to your local senator, by clicking the link here https://bit.ly/2RYRO7S

Hear From Our Two Latest CSHP Interns, Varinder Kaur & Mohmmed Shaikh, on Their CSHP Experiences! Read their full experiences in their own words https://bit.ly/3eHcQAR

Lowest California COVID-19 hospitalization rate since the beginning of the pandemic California pharmacists and healthcare workers continue to serve on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic through vaccine preparation and administration, and their efforts have not been wasted. With more Californians being vaccinated and cases plummeting, hospitals are seeing dramatic relief. This past week showed a 93% drop in the state’s hospitalizations since the peak of cases in early Ja...nuary. Specific counties including Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, and San Francisco currently have the lowest COVID-19 hospitalization rates since the first few weeks of the pandemic. California is almost there. Together, on the front lines of healthcare, we can beat COVID-19. Read the full article here: https://lat.ms/2R9H9qL #PharmacyEvolution #ChampionsForPharmacyPractitioners

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) reminds pharmacists to properly dispose of empty COVID-19 vaccine vials The NABP report that criminals abroad are filling empty COVID-19 vaccine vials with clear fluid and reselling them online as counterfeit vaccines. Proper disposal of these vials after use can help to prevent these fraudulent scams from occurring. COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Janssen do not contain hazardous components and may be disposed of... in a pharmaceutical waste container, or a commingled pharmaceutical/Sharps waste container. View the NABP’s reminder here: https://bit.ly/3eA88Vn Read CDPH’s guidance on COVID-19 vaccine vial disposal here: https://bit.ly/2R8EUUL

We hope you are enjoying the start of our Pacific Coast Preceptor Conference just as much as we are! Here are just a few photos of our attendees and leaders soaking in the #PCPC21 virtual experience!

Pacific Coast Preceptor Conference (PCPC) Registration is Now Open! President’s Day - Week Long Registration Sale Register between 2.15 - 2.22 and save $75!... PCPC has been designed to be an intimate conference where Pharmacy Preceptors and Leaders build expertise and community while enjoying the camaraderie of colleague’s and peers. This is a MUST attend event that is perfect for Pharmacy Practitioners at all levels and in all practice settings who are seeking quality programming, networking and the opportunity to shape future pharmacy leaders. The conference format includes Panels, Pearls, Case Studies, Open Forums, and features the following: ~18 hours of Education Diverse Topics, including: - Precepting students & residents (IPPE's, APPE's PGY1 & PGY2) - Stress Management/Resiliency/Emotional intelligence - Research tools, process improvements-tips & tricks, and - Generational motivators - Life balance - Diversity Equity Inclusion Learn more and register at: https://bit.ly/3aekDDW

Join and Participate in the California Board of Pharmacy’s White Bagging Informational Enforcement Committee Meeting on Feb. 18 White bagging refers to the distribution of patient-specific medication from a pharmacy directly to the physician’s office, hospital, or clinic for administration. This practice is often seen in the setting of oncology for injectable or infusible medications. The purpose of this meeting is to educate and share information among participants.... When: Thursday, February 18, 2021, 1:00 p.m. View the agenda here: https://bit.ly/2Z3jetr To observe, join here: http://bit.ly/2LAOKMt To observe and add public comments, log on here: https://bit.ly/3a5HZeW

The State of California through Cal OES & FEMA to Open Two Mass Community Vaccination Sites on Feb. 16 Through a pilot partnership with the Biden Administration, two mass community vaccination sites will be set up at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum in Northern California and California State University, Los Angeles in Southern California. These two sites are intended to help distribute vaccines to areas in the state that are considered to have the most diverse and socioeconomically ...challenged communities. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of California through the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) will co-run the sites together. FEMA and the State of California will coordinate closely to make sure the vaccine doses administered at the two sites will not affect the available vaccine supply at other sites in Alameda and Los Angeles counties. FEMA will deploy active duty service members as part of the vaccination staff, medical personnel, and support staff. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians serving as members of the "uniformed services" may be part of this joint effort. Appointments for eligible members of the public at the two community vaccination sites will be coordinated through MyTurn (https://myturn.ca.gov/). The two sites have an anticipated opening beginning February 16. Establishing the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum and California State University, Los Angeles pilot mass vaccination sites are part of the Biden Administration’s plan for 100 vaccination sites nationwide within the first 100 days in office. Read Gov. Newsom’s Announcement here: http://bit.ly/3tO27Kz

Dr. Lisa Gunther was recently recognized by over 100 members at CSHP’s House of Delegates for her outstanding work as the CSHP president. We want to thank her for an incredible year supporting CSHP as we welcome Dr. Keith Yoshizuka as CSHP’s President for 2021!

CSHP Affiliate Chapter, Orange County Society of Health-System Pharmacists (OCSHP), released their first episode of the new OCSHP podcast! Join the panel for a discussion on "Steroids for COVD-19: A Magic Bullet for Recovery?". The COVID-19 pandemic has evolved as a major cause of morbidity and mortality since its identification in late 2019. Could corticosteroids help lead the way in the fight against the virus? Critical care, emergency medicine, and infectious disease phar...macists discuss the role of these medications in the treatment of COVID-19. This is free and can be found on streaming services Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Check it out, like, subscribe, and give it a review! Spotify Podcast Link: https://spoti.fi/3lgvXCL Apple Podcast Link: https://apple.co/35ec1e9

Interview with Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award Team Leader: Irina Avidon, PharmD, CDE CSHP's Healthcare Reform Committee this past week interviewed the team leader of the winning project for the CSHP Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award, Irina Avidon, PharmD, CDE, for their project "Co-location of Pharmacists in Primary Care. More Patients, Better Outcomes, Increased Revenue"! Dr. Avidon is the Senior Manager, Clinical Pharmacy and Nutrition Services at Cedars-Sinai Medical ...Network. Over the past decade her team grew from just 3 pharmacists to over 20 pharmacists, added pharmacy technicians, developed an ASHP accredited pharmacy residency program, created new programs and drug therapy management protocols, and spread into multiple locations throughout Los Angeles. Check out the full interview conducted by the Healthcare Reform Committee https://bit.ly/2HYjLbs

CSHP's Affiliate Chapter, North Coast Society of Health-System Pharmacists (NCSHP), is hosting an upcoming webinar: Sleep Disorders in Older Adults Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 @ 6:30pm PST... Join us for this amazing CPE webinar opportunity https://www.cshp.org/CSHP_Webinar11-10-2020

CSHP Leadership meets with leaders from other California pharmacy associations to strategize how we work together for the betterment of the profession and the people we serve! #PharmacyEvolution

CSHP Provides FREE Training to Qualify Pharmacists to Furnish PEP or PReP (Senate Bill 159) Thank you to Senator Scott Weiner for sponsoring SB 159 which allows pharmacists to provide HIV preventative and treatment medications directly to patients without a prescription after completing required SB 159 training. CSHP played a critical role in SB 159’s development and now we are honored to provide the training so pharmacists can help their patients and their communities. This ...training is being provided FREE to ALL pharmacists, whether or not you are a member of CSHP. Sign up for SB 159 Training https://www.cshp.org/SB159Home

CSHP Election 2020 - Meet The Candidates Time! CSHP for the first time will be hosting a virtual "Meet the Candidate" session this year, providing our members an opportunity to meet and interact with the candidates running for the open positions on the CSHP Board! It will be an interactive event where the candidates running for the president-elect and the board positions will have a platform to share with you their focus for CSHP if elected for the position. View Election Bul...letin: https://www.cshp.org/2020_BOD_Slate Meeting Registration: https://bit.ly/2HM4nyq See more

And with that, Seminar 2020: Virtual Vision has officially come to a close! Thank you to everyone who joined us and attended Seminar this year for making it such an incredible experience. It was great to see many old and new faces in the meetings and networking events that I hope you all got to experience a little bit of that ""face-to-face"" interaction. Please remember that all sessions will be available for 90 days after today so be sure to check out all of the recorded sessions. LASTLY. don't forget to complete your Seminar Evaluation form so we can improve Seminar in future years - Your comments are important to us!

Look who won Pharmania Game Overall Congrats to Donna Fitzgerald for most points with an ending balance of 25,400! Donna is taking home a grand prize of $200! Thank you for your participation in our game!

Look who won Pharmania Game On for Saturday Congrats to Samantha Teshima with most points increased in the day!

Join us at 5:30pm for our Awards Ceremony Celebration! This will serve as a great opportunity to acknowledge the incredible accomplishments and recognize many of our hardworking healthcare professionals and members. To join us go to the community tab and click on awards and then ""join"" at: https://www.intheorious.com/cshp/pub/cshp2020v/

Cheer on your favorite Team during Quiz Bowl Competition - what university will finish on top and have ultimate bragging rights! Join us for the competition starting at 2:30pm!

Cheer on your favorite team at Quiz Bowl! Starts at 2:30 p.m. join the fun.