Role of pharmacist in hospital pharmacy

1. SEMINAR
PRESENTATION
ROLE OF PHARMACIST IN HOSPITAL
PHARMACY

2. Hospital pharmacy
 Hospital pharmacies can often be found within the premises of the hospital.
 Hospital pharmacies usually stock a larger range of medications, including more
specialized medications, than would be not feasible in the community setting.
 Pharmacies within hospitals differ considerably from community pharmacies.
 Some pharmacists in hospital pharmacies may have more complex clinical medication
management issues whereas pharmacists in community pharmacies often have more
complex business and customer relations issues.
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3. Because of the complexity of medications including
 Specific indications,
 Effectiveness of treatment regimens,
 Safety of medications (i.e., drug interactions) and
 Patient compliance issues (in the hospital and at home) many pharmacists
practicing in hospitals gain more education and training after pharmacy school
through a pharmacy practice residency and sometimes followed by another
residency in a specific area
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4. THE ROLE OF PHARMACISTS IN HOSPITAL PHARMACY
 Pharmacists’ role in a hospital can be categorized into
Four major areas:
General responsibilities
Dispensing responsibilities
Clinical pharmacy service
Research
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5. A) GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
 Policies and procedures
Ensure that policies and procedure are established
and followed
Ensure that all state and federal medication related
regulation and accreditation standards are followed
 Competence
Maintains professional competence in area of
responsibilities by updating their knowledge and skill
 Training and education
Ensure that new personnel are trained properly
Communicate on issues regarding new development
Provide drug information to the Pt & professional . 8/19/2022
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6.  Documentation
Maintain proper record keeping and billing(Bin
Card, Stock card, invoice)
Patient medication records
Extemporaneous compounding records
Dispensing records
Controlled substance records
Reports
Prescription files
 Participate in multi-disciplinary committees
E.g. the drug (pharmacy) and therapeutic committee
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7. B) DISPENSING RESPONSIBILITIES
Keep dispensing area neat and orderly
Ensure that medications are stored and dispensed
properly
Check the prescription for any medication error
Ensure adequate controlled substance procedure
is in place
Ensure that good techniques are used in
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8. C) CLINICAL PHARMACY SERVICE
Patient medication review, selection of drug therapy ,
Ward rounds,
Therapeutic drug monitoring(TDM), Drug
information, In service education,
 Medication counseling, taking medication histories,
drug utilization evaluations,
Adverse drug reaction (ADR) management and
participation in specialty teams
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9. D) RESEARCH
 The focus of the research can be on;
Policies and procedures
Distribution and control
Clinical research
Scientific research
Pharmacy research
Multidisciplinary research
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10. In general; primary duties of the
pharmacist include
Providing drug information,
Medicines management
Preparation and dispensing of medicine
Councilling of patient
Formulating pharmaceutical care plan for patients

11.  Responsible for dispensing of medication
 Quality testing
 Formulating and re-formulating dosage form
 Monitar and reporting drug safety
 Responsible for medication storage and planning for medication
quantity for ther hospital
 Participating in clinical round run by all health care provider
 Contacting all health care provider for medication related issues

12. Summary on hospital pharmacy functions
1) Perform drug supply management (DSM) activities
2) Providing drug related training for staff & patient
3) Dispensing prescribed drugs
4) Providing clinical pharmacy service
5) Manufacture & compound drugs
6) Organize drug & therapeutic committee(DTC)
7) Conducting different research activities
8) Participate in different scientific conference
9) Participating in quality control of drugs
10)Providing DIS for staff & patient.
11)Prepare department’s annual activity report &
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