Hospital Pharmacy

HOSPITAL PHARMACY (PHAR 45) Introduction Definition of hospital pharmacy • Development of history of pharmacy • Uniqueness of hospital pharmacy • Minimum standard for pharmacies in the hospital • Abilities required of a hospital pharmacist • Hospital and its organization o Definition of hospital o Development & expansion o Classification of hospital o Functions of hospital o Organization &administration o Different departments in the hospital The medical staff  o The hospital pharmacy department  Organization of the department  Function of the department  The physical plant and equipment  The pharmacy library  The pharmacy staff responsibilities staffing  The pharmacy procedure manual Pharmacy &therapeutics committee  Purpose  Organization  Functions & scope  Policies of the committee  Drug utilization review  Drug defect reporting  Emergency drug listing The hospital formulary  Definition of formulary & formulary system  Formulary content & organization  Selection of guiding principle for admission or deleting of drugs  A sample pharmacological classification  Sample text of the formulary Budgeting, purchasing & inventory control in hospital pharmacy department Developing the budget • Purchasing & inventory control • Methods used in transmitting physician’s medication order to the pharmacy • Types of drug distribution • Dispensing to ambulatory patients • The combined pharmacy-central sterile supply room The central sterile supply room in the hospital •

Qualification of the hospital pharmacist to manage central sterile supply room Location of the central sterile supply room • Planning the central sterile supply room • Laminar flow hoods • Manufacturing-bulk & sterile  Budgeting control  The work sheet  Intravenous admixture  Total parenteral nutrition  Intravenous additive program  Preparation of IV additive solution The role of the hospital pharmacist in educational & training program  Patient teaching program  Clinical pharmacy  Drug abuse teaching program  Future practice Hospital pharmacy include  Supplying medication for in-patient and out-patient use  Preparation of sterile medication  Bulk compounding  Pre-packaging  Drug formulation  Research  Dissemination of information to hospital staff  Pharmacist in the hospital scope Includes work in nursing station • Medical laboratory • Patient’s bedside • •