Quality Assurance Medical

PATRICIA K. THAMES, R. PH.

Patricia K. Thames

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Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124

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EDUCATION

B.S. Pharmacy, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1985

EXPERIENCE

2009-2013: PRN Staff Pharmacist, Regency Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio

2008-2009: Part-time Pharmacist, Geauga Medical Center, Chardon, Ohio,

processing physician daily orders, providing drug information to nurses and

physicians, and responsible for the supervising of technician’s work, and preparing IV’s when

tech support not available.

2007-2008: Pharmacy Reserves, Cleveland, Ohio: Staff Pharmacist, doing agency work

mostly at long term care facilities, and on a project helping to start the new computer

system, Eclipses, for University Hospitals Health System.

2004-2007: Hillcrest Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio: Staff Pharmacist processing physicians orders,

providing drug information to nurses and physicians, and helping in the daily routine of the

pharmacy, supervising the pharmacy technicians’ s work, preparing IV’s for the ICU units,

monitoring antibiotics, and assisting nursing staff on medication matters.

2000-2004: Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania: Staff Pharmacist in this

decentralized pharmacy, processing physician’s orders, monitoring dosing of Heparin, Warfarin,

Vancomycin, Levaquin, and Cephalopsporins, providing drug information to nurses and

physicians, and assisting in the daily routine of the pharmacy. Preparing IV solutions for the

ICU, assisting the ICU Staff in the delivery and administration of medications, and responsible

for the supervising and checking the work of pharmacy technicians to facilitate patient care.

1999-2000: Fox Chase Hospital (Oncology Hospital), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Involved in

the daily function of the pharmacy, monitoring Vancomycin dosing, preparing TPN’s for

patients, responsible for the supervising and checking the work of pharmacy technicians, and

offering drug information to the nurses and physicians.

1995-1999: Campus Drug Store, Fairmount Circle, Shaker Heights, Ohio. Relief Pharmacist 2-

3 days weekly.

1990-1999: University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio: Adverse Drug Reactions

Pharmacists (5 Years), developing a program for reporting ADR’s, investigation of reported

ADR’s, and reporting to and participating in the Quality Assurance Subcommittee of the

Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Participated in the Pharmacy and Therapeutics

committee, as the ADR Pharmacist. Conducted DUR’s on the use of filgrastim and

sargramastim. Investigational Drug Pharmacist (3 years) responsible for setting up

investigational studies for physicians and the pharmacists, preparing IV investigational drugs,

and managing and checking the work of the investigational drug technician, and monitoring

their accountability and storage. Staffed as a pharmacist, as needed, in the evenings.

1987-1989 : Chippenham Hospital, Richmond, Virginia: PRN IV Pharmacist preparing IV

medications.

1985-1989 : Richmond Memorial Hospital, Richmond, Virginia: Staff Pharmacist,

Decentralized setting, monitoring aminoglycosides, preparation of TPN’s and drug information

to both nursing and medical staff, and processing physicians’ orders, and assisting in the daily

routine of the pharmacy. Developed a bedside program for cardiac by-pass patients on their

disease and treatments. and presented to patients at the bedside. Responsible for the work and

supervision of pharmacy technicians.

LICENSE:

Ohio #03-2-18021

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