Infection Control Pharmacist

[kitkat06]

While pharmacists in the areas of infectious disease need to have some sort of specialized residency, is a general or even specialized residency required for infection control pharmacist positions?

Thanks

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[WVUPharm2007]

Depends on what the employer wants. If you want to make yourself a good candidate, there are ID residencies available.

 

[KARM12]

While pharmacists in the areas of infectious disease need to have some sort of specialized residency, is a general or even specialized residency required for infection control pharmacist positions?

Thanks

To do a specialized residency in ID (PGY2) you'll first have to do a general one (PGY2)...the trend now is to hire people with residency training, but not always required.

 

[njac]

I haven't yet been at a hospital big enough to require a seperate "infection control" pharmacist vs ID. HOwever, I spent most of last week on an infectious disease critical care service and I would say we spent more time saying "no! you can't have that!" than "here, use this big gun". I was really surprised to see how much Ancef the ID doc used.