By Lucy M. Moyer, RPh, and Lori Bertrand, RPh

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER operates three outpatient pharmacies, which dispense approximately 600, 350, and 200 prescriptions per day, respectively. Operating as an outpatient pharmacy for a large cancer center presents us with a number of specific issues. First, about 90% of our prescriptions are first fills for new patients, and we handle a lot of prescription transfers to our patients’ local pharmacies. Second, we dispense a lot of oral chemotherapies, Class 2 narcotics, and injectable drugs, and we also dispense investigational drugs.

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