Seeing a need and seeking a solution

FEATURES By Alexsandra Nilges

Alexsandra Nilges with James B. Beam hand sanitizer.

With the assistance of student pharmacists like Alexsandra Nilges, the University of Kentucky plans to distribute 500 gallons of sanitizer every 2 weeks throughout the fall to support area health care providers and patients.

“All of the hand sanitizer was cleared out of the grocery store …”, I overheard from a nurse on the team as I left a patient’s room. That was at the earliest stages of COVID–19, when we, the in...

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Alexsandra Nilges is a final-year PharmD/MBA candidate at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. The author would like to acknowledge Clark Kebodeaux, PharmD, BCACP, R. Kip Guy, PhD; and Craig Martin, PharmD, MBA, for their assistance with the article.