Phoenix, AZ 85050 / Phone (623)687-4878
Christine Sanchez Hernandez
Objective / To obtain a clinical pharmacist position in pediatric solid organ transplant. Areas of interest include pediatrics, solid organ transplant, pain management, diabetes management, asthma management, nutrition support, critical care, and hematology and oncology including bone marrow transplant.Professional experience / 07/2012 to Present Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ
Pharmacy Specialty Lead- Solid Organ Transplant
- Responsible for providing pharmaceutical care to solid organ transplant patients during the pre-transplant and post-transplant phase.
- Participates in inpatient and outpatient rounds with all solid organ transplant teams.
- Evaluates, identifies and solves medication related problems for transplant recipients.
- Serve as pharmacist on Renal Transplant Team
- Serve as pharmacist on Cardiac Transplant Team
- Serve as pharmacist on Liver Transplant Team
- Serve as interim pharmacist on Bone Marrow Transplant Team 09/2014-present
- Staff member of P & T committee.
- Participate on drug shortage management task force.
- Participate in development of order sets containing medications for the CPOE system with providers and IT staff.
Sterile Products Supervisor
- Responsible for interpreting USP Chapter 797 regulations and ensuring pharmacy clean room operations and products are in compliance with USP Chapter 797.
- Responsible for training both pharmacists and technicians in pharmacy clean room.
- Ensure automated compounders and software continuallyfunctionscorrectly.
- Participate in root cause analysis as necessary to improve quality of care provided by pharmacy department and to prevent future medication and system errors from occurring.
- Assist operations manager with staff schedule.
- Follow up on Occurrence reports with pharmacy staff involved including both pharmacists and technicians.
- Continued staffing responsibilities including NICU satellite, order entry, dose checking and compounding. Total Parenteral Nutrition monitoring and recommendations given as appropriate.
- Provide clinical coverage for other clinical pharmacist when they are not available.
- Serve as pharmacist on the Renal Transplant team.
- Serve as pharmacist on the Cardiac Transplant team.
- Respond to codes and traumas as needed.
- Assist with management of medication shortages.
- Staff member of P & T committee.
Staff Pharmacist
- Staffing responsibilities including NICU satellite, order entry, dose checking and compounding. Provide drug information and attend patient care rounds as requested. TPN monitoring and recommendations given as appropriate. Report adverse drug reactions to Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee on a quarterly basis. Respond to codes as needed. Staff member of P & T committee. Served as co-investigator for Xigris study in pediatric patients.
Staff Pharmacist
- Decentralized pharmacist for NICU, PICU, hematology oncology and general pediatrics. Attend patient care rounds with multi-disciplinary team daily. Perform aminoglycoside and vancomycin pharmacokinetic monitoring as needed within P & T guidelines. Provide drug information as requested. TPN monitoring and recommendations given as appropriate. Also central pharmacy staffing responsibilities including compounding and supervision of pharmacy technicians. Assist with precepting Pharm.D. students and pharmacy practice residents while on rotation.
Pharmacy Practice Resident
- ASHP accredited pharmacy practice residency including rotations in drug information, ambulatory care, hematology and oncology, general pediatrics, pediatric intensive care, neonatal intensive care and epilepsy.
Education / 08/1993 to 05/1999University of ArizonaTucson, AZ
Doctorate of Pharmacy Degree
Current BLS and PALS certification
Presentations, Publications & Projects / 2014 November. Presentation to liver transplant support group. Influenza vaccine, Tacrolimus concentration and dosing information, Safe over the counter medication use.
2014 Computerized Dose Range Checking Using Hard and Soft Stop Alerts Reduces Prescribing Errors in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Balasuriya, L., Vyles, D., Bakerman, P. et al. Journal of Patient Safety. October 31, 2014.
2012 PPAG poster presentation at annual meeting. “Development & Implementation of a Pediatric Dose Range Checking Program”
2012-present. Hospital Staff education presentation. “Cardiac Transplant Medications for Rejection”
2011-present. Hospital Staff education presentation. “Medications for Cardiac Transplant Patients”
2009-Present Assisted with database build, and implementation of GE 2009-2009-2011 Centricity Pharmacy System. Currently participating on GE Centricity SCM Physician Order Entry Interface team.
2005-2011Phoenix Children’s Hospital Nursing Orientation. “Medication Safety” lecture to newly hired nurses bi-monthly
2000 Midwest Residency Conference. “Medication Treatment Algorithms for Pediatric Hospice Patients.”
1999-2000 Children’s Hospitals and Clinics. Presented pharmacy topics to physicians in residency program at noon lectures. “New Drugs”
1999 Drug Information Bulletin for United Hospital and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics. “Flu Facts: Influenza Prophylaxis, Diagnosis and Treatment Options.”
1999 MSHP Midyear Clinical Meeting Clinical Pearl “High Dose Rectal Acetaminophen in Pediatric Patients.”