Busy, finished rotations, on to the next term

This blog has been dead because I've been really busy with school and life. Also, we moved into a new place and it took nearly four weeks to have internet installed. What a joke but at the same time classic Perth. I've said it before and I'll say it again - their laid back way of doing things is all fine and good until you need to get something done. Ridiculous.

Anyway, I'm in my last term of this pharmacy degree. Its been really busy. Half of my credits this term come from a research project that I'm doing. It's about paracetamol (acetaminophen) and how it interacts with PVC bags for IV use. The makers of perfalgan, the product in question, did all their stability studies in glass. Which is funny because in practice everyone uses PVC syringes and bags. I'm hoping the stuff reacts with plastic because if it does my supervisor said she'd publish it. We'll see.

The hospital placement went really well. I was lucky to get the opportunity. Apparently, this is the only pharmacy school in Australia where each student gets a hospital rotation. I always thought I would do community pharmacy but now I'm applying at hospitals. In fact, I have an interview at the local teaching hospital this week. I really hope I get the position!