Pharmacy provides specialty services such as pharmaceutical compounding
NORFOLK, Va. -- Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters opened an outpatient pharmacy on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, to fill prescriptions and offer pharmacy services for children and adults in the community.
The CHKD Outpatient Pharmacy, located on the first floor of CHKD’s main hospital at 601 Children’s Lane in Norfolk, provides specialty services such as pharmaceutical compounding, which allows the pharmacist to customize medications based on a doctor’s prescription to meet a patient’s needs. Pharmacists at the CHKD Outpatient Pharmacy can improve the taste of medications with kid-friendly flavoring, formulate medications that are free of allergens and dyes, and create unique dosage forms for specific therapies.
CHKD employees and families celebrated the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Pharmacy staff members then quickly went to work, filling patient prescriptions.
“Having a pharmacy is vital to our patients and our employees,” said Dr. Christopher Foley, CHKD’s chief clinical operations officer. “We’re excited to have it open.”
The CHKD Outpatient Pharmacy will be especially helpful for families with children who were treated in the emergency department or are ready to be discharged from the hospital. Families can stop by the pharmacy to have prescriptions filled before taking their child home.
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.
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.
Pharmacy guests should use the visitor parking garage across from the front entrance to the hospital. Short-term parking with a 15-minute limit may be available in front of the hospital. For more information, visit CHKD.org/Pharmacy or call (757) 668-6337
