Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the purpose of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act in relation to the protection of US customers.
2. Review the gray market and secondary distributors and describe their relevance to the drug supply chain.
3. Discuss the role of the FDA in drug shortages and available drug shortage resources.
4. Define white bagging and brown bagging and discuss the impact on the drug supply chain.


Authors

Sharon Karina, PharmD
Vice President, Professional Services;
Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists; Loves Park, IL

Elizabeth Dowell, PharmD, DPLA
Sr. Project Manager
Vizient
Irving, TX

Colton Staudt, PharmD
Pharmacy Operations Manager
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL

This module will provide 2.5 contact hours (0.25 CEUs) of law continuing pharmacy education credit for pharmacy technicians.

ACPE UAN: 0121-0000-24-001-H03-T
Activity type: Knowledge-based

Release date: January 1, 2024
Expiration date: December 31, 2026

2.5 HOURS CE    ACPE UAN: 0121-0000-24-001-H03-T    RELEASED: 1/1/2024    EXPIRES: 12/31/2026

Sharon Karina, PharmD
Vice President Professional Services; Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists; Loves Park, IL

Sharon Karina obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Midwestern University in 2018 and led development of continuing education programs and prescription digital therapeutic commercialization in her roles prior to serving as Vice President of Professional Services at ICHP. Dr. Karina is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Elizabeth Dowell, PharmD, DPLA
Sr. Project Manager; Vizient; Irving, TX

Elizabeth Dowell obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Purdue University College of Pharmacy in 2018, followed by a PGY-1 and PGY-2 residency in Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Dowell is currently a Senior Project Manager at Vizient, Inc.

Colton Staudt, PharmD
Pharmacy Operations Manager; Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Chicago, IL

Colton Staudt obtained his Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Public Health degrees from the University of Iowa in 2021 and completed a PGY-1 and PGY-2 residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership. Dr. Staudt practices as a Pharmacy Operations Manager – Sterile Compounding and Central Operations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business.