Can pharmacists use any clinical algorithm to guide my therapeutic decision-making process when assessing a patient for a minor ailment?

Yes. The Standards of Practice expect pharmacists to use evidence from relevant sources to inform their activities and to critically evaluate medication and related information. Pharmacists have an ethical obligation to ensure information provided to patients is current and consistent with the best available evidence. 

In pharmacies, it is a standard of accreditation to have available the references and resources pharmacists require to meet the standards of practice of the profession and to support the pharmacy services provided. Pharmacists may choose to subscribe to or use any clinical resources that will enable them to provide safe and effective patient care.