|Videos|April 30, 2015

Common Patient Errors in Using Inhalers

Carmela Avena-Woods, BSPharm, PharmD, CGP, assistant clinical professor of clinical pharmacy practice in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John's University, talks about some common patient errors in using inhalers and what important usage guidelines pharmacists should share with patients.

This video was recorded at Directions in Pharmacy's 5th annual CE conference in March 2015.

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