Pharmacy
Pharmacy
Drug selection, patient and team education, general drug information. renal dosing, and adverse drug reaction reporting.Retail Pharmacy
NEW Retail Pharmacy now available for easy and convenient prescription filling and over the counter medications and supplies:
NCH Pharmacy
www.northcountryhealthpharmacy.org
Address: 173 Middle Street, Lancaster, NH
Phone: (603) 255-3674 or (800) 947-6709
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
In-Patient Hospital Pharmacy
All NCH hospitals have Pharmacy services available, including assistance with drug selection, pharmacokinetic dosing and monitoring, patient and team education, general drug information, renal dosing, and adverse drug reaction reporting.
- Our Pharmacies assure safe drug therapy, drug administration, toxicities, compatibility, and related supportive care management.
- At night, technology plays a role, as the Pharmacies use a remote telepharmacy company to process medication orders from a virtual Pharmacist.
- The Providers caring for inpatients utilize a CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry) program on their computer screen to pick and choose available medication entries for their patients.
- For medication safety, the Pharmacy champions a Surveillance Program, through the implementation of the MEPI (Medication Error Prevention Initiative) Hotline.
- Physicians, nurses, and other health professionals are able to report a possible or actual event by calling the MEPI Hotline. The data collected is analyzed for trends that could signify areas where medication error prevention can occur.
Dispose of Unwanted Prescription Drugs at the Weeks Medical Center Drug Take-Back Box
Weeks Medical Center has installed a secure Drug Take-Back box for the disposal of unused or unwanted prescription drugs. The purpose of the Drug Take-Back Box is to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Now anyone can bring prescription pills to Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster any day for free and anonymous disposal.
The Take-Back Box is part of an initiative to address a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that sit in home cabinets or counters are highly susceptible to misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows year after year that the majority of misused and abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including someone else’s medication being stolen from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, the usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—pose potential safety, environmental, and health hazards.
“Disposing of prescription drugs is no longer a hassle with the Weeks Drug Take-Back Box,” says John Eddy, pharmacist at Weeks Medical Center. “You no longer have to wait for annual take-back days or worry about keeping potentially harmful substances in your home longer than needed. Just bring your unused drugs to the Take-Back Box and drop them in. No forms to sign. No questions asked. The disposal is anonymous and a free service to our community.”
The Take-Back Box is available for pills and tablets only. Liquids, needles, and sharps are not accepted at the Take-Back Box. The Take-Back Box is located just off the main lobby at Weeks Medical Center in Lancaster.
