APhA
Organizations & Companies abbreviation · Professional Association and Labor Union
| Stands for | American Pharmacists Association |
|---|---|
| Categories | Organizations & Companies |
APhA stands for American Pharmacists Association, a professional association and labor union abbreviation also used in medicine.
Largest association of pharmacists in the United States, which advocates for the profession, offers training and certification programs and publishes the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.
Example: An APhA certificate program trained the pharmacist to give immunizations.
Usage notes
Founded in 1852 as the American Pharmaceutical Association, it is the oldest national professional society of pharmacists in the country and took its current name in 2003. It wrote the first Code of Ethics for pharmacists. Its mixed-case abbreviation, with a lowercase h, distinguishes it from other APA groups.
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