Crossword Challenge

Across

   8   Disparities in this can influence a patient’s access to effective care

   9   Acid blocker recalled by FDA for having too much NDMA

  10   One focus of geriatric pharmacy specialists

  11   Pharmacists must do this safely and effectively to prevent a medication error

  12   Ancient Andean civilization

  13   Cultural ________ is an essential skill for pharmacists

  17   Artery

  18   Civil rights organization (abbr.)

  19   Part of the eye that enables color discrimination

  20   Ether has this property

  22   Caustic compounds

  23   Pharmacist at the end of the day

  27   When it comes to medication doses, children are not little ones

  28   Changes in ______ pressure can cause headaches for some patients

  29   Summer sunburn staple?

Down

   1   Humongous

   2   Program managed by CMS

   3   Gum used in some pharmacy products

   4   “Idylls of the King” character

   5   Suffix used to indicate inflammation

   6   It’s important that patients ______ to their medication schedules

   7   Cell nuclei substances

  14   Destined to be

  15   Life _____

  16   Symptom targeted by pseudoephedrine

  19   An important type of competence

  21   Unsaturated alcohol

  24   Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis

  25   Learning opportunities that prepare students for science fields

  26   Skin word form

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