NORFOLK, Va. — The Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters opened an outpatient pharmacy Monday.
The new pharmacy is on the first floor of the main hospital campus at 601 Children's Lane in Norfolk, according to CHKD. It provides specialty services to children and adults like customized medications, improved tastes of medications with kid-friendly flavoring, formulated medications free of allergens and dyes and unique dosage forms for specific therapies.
After employees and families celebrated the opening with a ribbon cutting on Nov. 13, staff got to work filling prescriptions, according to the hospital.
In addition to filling patients medications, the pharmacy also offers:
- Consultation with prescribing physicians to adjust dosages or formulations to address specific needs.
- Assistance with high-cost or difficult-to-obtain medications.
- Routine and seasonal vaccines as well as special vaccines recommended for travel.
- A year-round drug take-back program for people to safely dispose of unused or expired prescriptions.
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CHKD says that the new pharmacy will be especially helpful for families with children treated in the emergency department and those ready to be discharged from the hospital.
The CHKD Outpatient Pharmacy is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, according to the hospital. Pharmacy visitors should use the parking garage across from the front entrance to the hospital or the 15 minute short-term parking at the front of the hospital.
