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Hospital Administrator
Director of Pharmacy
Executive and Administrative Operations
Professional and
Clinical Services
Educational and
Technical Services
Research and
Support Services
Nuclear Pharmacy
Service Division
Ambulatory care
and Home care
Services Division
Intravenous admixture
Division
Sterile products
division
Clinical Pharmacy
Services Division
Manufacturing and
packaging division
Purchasing and inventory
control division
Departmental services
division
Investigational drug
studies division
e.
f.
(vi)
Drug interactions
(vii)
Appropriate therapeutic outcomes.
Counsels patients on
(i)
Self medication in hospital
(ii)
Discharge medication
Participates in cardiopulmonary emergencies by
(i)
Procuring and preparing required drugs
(ii)
Charting all medications given.
(iii)
Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, if necessary.
3. General responsibilities
a. Provides education to
(i)
Pharmacists, students and residents.
(ii)
Nurses and nursing students
(iii)
Physicians and medical students
b. Provides drug information to physicians, nurses and other health-care personnel.
II. Out-patient pharmacists responsibilities
A. Dispensing Area
1. Insures that established policies ad procedures are followed.
2. Checks for the accuracy in the work of supportive personnel.
3. Insures that proper techniques are used in the compounding of the drug.
4. Provides for record keeping and billing
a. Patient medication records
b. Investigational drug records
c. Outpatient billing
d. Reports
e. Prescription files
5. Insures that new personnel are trained properly in the policies and procedures of the ambulatory patients.
6. Keeps the ambulatory pharmacy area neat and orderly at all times.
B. Patient Care Area
1. Inspects periodically the medication areas on the nursing unit to insure an adequate supply of stock drugs and
their proper storage.
2. Identifies the drugs brought by the patients.
3. Obtain patient-medication histories and conveys the information to the physicians.
4. Assists the physician in selecting dosage regimens and schedules.
5. Monitors the patients total drug therapy for effectiveness, side-effects, toxicities, allergic drug reactions, drug
interactions etc.
6. Counsels the patients on proper use of the medication.
7. Prepares medication for intravenous administration.
8. Provides medication for patients home care.
C. General Responsibilities
1. Provides drug information as necessary to the pharmacy, medical and nursing staffs.
2. Provides adequate drug control.
a. Insures that drugs are handled properly (e.g. investigational new drug)
b. Insures that all laws are followed.
3. Participates in cardiopulmonary emergencies by
4. Provides in-service education to
a. Pharmacists, and students.
b. Nurses and nursing students.
c. Physicians and medical students.