The Veterinary Pharmacy provides services to all areas of the Veterinary Hospitals and is a member of the Society of Veterinary Hospital Pharmacists.
Mission
- Provide pharmacy service to UF Veterinary Hospitals patients.
- Focus on patient care, student and clinician education.
- Serve as valued members of the Patient Care Team.
- Provide clinical, dispensing and compounding services.
Services
- Dispensing prescriptions for inpatients and outpatients of both the Large and Small Animal Hospitals
- Clinical pharmacy consulting for hospital patients.
- Provide clinicians with assistance in medication therapy management.
- Drug information consults for faculty, staff, residents, interns, students and community practitioners.
- Compounding, sterile and non-sterile preparations. A variety of flavors available to suit patient needs. Sterile preparations include parenteral nutrition, ophthalmic preparations and other injectables.
- Regulatory resource for faculty and staff of the College of Veterinary Medicine and the UF Veterinary Hospitals
- Support the education mission of the college by providing daily clinical pharmacy instruction for veterinary students, interns and residents.
Pharmacy Rotations
The University of Florida Veterinary Hospital Pharmacy offers both IPPE and APPE pharmacy rotations throughout the academic year. In keeping with the mission of our sister University of Florida College of Pharmacy we endeavor to promote the health and welfare of patients in Florida and the Nation by preparing graduates to take independent professional responsibility for the outcome of drug therapy.
IPPE rotations involve 80 experiential hours in a pharmacy hospital practice setting. APPE elective rotations are available for fourth year students during their clinical practice experience.