The day-to-day job of a pharmacist will depend on the area they work in but typical responsibilities may include:1   compounding and dispensing medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients 2  reviewing prescriptions from doctors to ensure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability for the patient  3 providing information and advice about drugs, their side effects, correct dosage, and proper storage  4 keeping records such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, and registries of poisons, narcotics or controlled drugs  5  planning, implementing or maintaining procedures for mixing, packaging and labelling pharmaceuticals according to policy and legal requirements to ensure quality, security and proper disposal.  6  assessing the identity, strength or purity of medications  7  working with other healthcare professionals to pla
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