This document provides guidance on creating an effective newsletter for a hospital pharmacy. It defines a newsletter as a periodic bulletin issued to members of an organization. The aims of the pharmacy newsletter are to transmit information and communicate decisions made by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. The newsletter should contain updates on new drugs, safety information, guidelines, and decisions regarding the drug formulary and utilization reviews. When creating the newsletter, special attention should be paid to selecting an informative title, including relevant content sections, using an easy-to-navigate format, and wide distribution to medical staff and departments. Photos and layout should have a professional quality while keeping paragraphs and articles concise.

1. Under the guidance of: Submitted by:
Dr. G. Ramesh G.Manoj sai
14AB1T0009

2. DEFINITION:
 Newsletter is a bulletin issued periodically to the
member of society , business or organisation
(HOSPITALS)
AIMS:
 For the transmission of information
 To communicate the decisions made by the PTC

3. FOR TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION:
 Latest information in medical sciences
 Newly introduced drugs
 Newly introduced indicate
 New drug delivery systems
 Update on drug interactions & ADR’s
 Drug therapy guideline development
 Medication safety information / precautions
---Information to physicians nurses and other nursing staff
for public relations

4. TO COMMUNICATE DECISIONSMADE BY PTC:
 Use policy
 Revising drug formulary
 ADR monitoring programmes
 Drug product defect reporting programmes
 Drug utilisation review
LAYOUT FOR NEWS LETTER:
 Selection of the title
 Contents of the news letter
 Format and printing
 Distribution
 Advantages

5. 1.Selection of the title:
 The title should be specific (clear) & unique
 EX: Title like pharmacy review, Pharmacy
news bulletin,and pharma times
2. Contents of the Newsletter:
 Editorial column
 New drug selection
 Abstract
 Medical staff
 New discoveries & Delivery systems

6. 3. Format and printing:
 Structure of bulletin varies with organisation of pharmacist
 The publication is printed in ROYAL BOND paper
measuring size of 8.5-11 inches
 4.Distribution:
 Distribution Through
 Medical staff
 Library
 Administrative block
 Nursing services
 Laboratories may always send a pharmacy publication
5. Advantages:
 Although preparation of such news bulletin requires time
with a lot of information in news bulletin. This means better
communication compared to Telephone and verbal
communication

7. MAKING YOUR NEWS LETTER LOOK ATTRACTIVE:
 The layout of newsletter should be simple and make it
easy to navigate
 Create a title that brands your newsletter& use it for
every issue
 Any pictures used should have a professional quality
to them& fit with your company’s overall image
 If the product or service merits greater coverage break
it up into several chunks
 Try to keep paragraphs b/w 50-125 words & articles
fewer than 800 words.

9. REFERRENCES
 1.A textbook of Hospital pharmacy by Goyal.
 2. https://www.tg.org.au/
 3.https://www.clinicalguidelines.gov.au/port
al/2406/therapeutic-guidelines-antibiotic-
version-15