Pharmacists have been shaking their heads about prescribers’ handwriting for decades. It seems that there is nothing we can do to fix it. If we point out the lack of decorum, they get defensive.
I have worked with pharmacists who admit that their backs hurt. Does this happen to other medical professionals?
Posted By Jim Plagakis At 08:38 AM - (CDT)
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Jim Plagakis, RPh
Jim Plagakis, RPh, secured a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy in June of 1964. Starting in the mid-1960s, he has practiced pharmacy in Ohio, the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, Whidbey Island north of Seattle, and a small New England village in Vermont. Jim and his wife Victoria now live in Galveston, TX, on the Gulf of Mexico. He still works two days a week in an independent pharmacy and doesn’t want to actually retire.
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