The document defines a hospital formulary as a list of pharmaceutical preparations that reflects the current clinical perspective of medical staff, with responsibilities assigned to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (PTC). It outlines essential content, including drug entries, prescription details, hospital policies, and special information regarding drug interactions and emergency protocols. Regular updates and revisions to the formulary are mandated on an annual basis, with distribution across departments.

1. Hospital
formulary

2. Introduction
Definition of hospital formulary-
List of pharmaceutical preparation
Reflecting current clinical view
of medical staff
PTC is responsible for making the
formulary

3. Guiding Principle
 Policy regarding prescribing non
proprietary medicine
 Nursing personnel should be
informed
 No words such as substitution
 Change should be informed
 Labelling of drugs

4. The Content of
Formulary
Prescription
• Name, age, sex
• Date
• Address
• Name of drugs
• Direction
• For repeat prescription
• Containing narcotics and psychotropic

5. The Content of
Formulary
Information on drug product
Entries in formulary
• Generic name
• Common name
• Dosage form, strength
• Formulation
• Dose
• Route
• Cost

6. The Content of
Formulary
Information on drug product
Entries in formulary
• Generic name
• Common name
• Dosage form, strength
• Formulation
• Dose
• Route
• Cost

7. The Content of
Formulary
Indexes to the drug product
• Generic name / brand name
• Therapeutic and pharmacological
index

8. The Content of
Formulary
Information on Hospital policies
• Policies and procedure
• About PTC
• Information regarding hospital
regulation
• Operating procedures
• Information on using formulary

9. Special information
Nutritional products
Equivalent dosage
List of hospital
Guideline for calculations
Sugar free drugs

10. Special information
Emergency box
Metric conversion
Drug interaction table
Poison control

11. Preparation
Title page
Names ad titles of members
Table of content
Information on hospital policies
Product accepted for use
Appendix

12. Distribution and
Revision
Distributed in each department
Revision should be done annually