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
o The medical staff
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