A hospital is a health care institution that provides patient treatment using specialized medical and nursing staff and equipment. Pharmacists work in hospitals in various roles, including managing the central dispensing area, providing care to patients, and taking direct responsibility for patients. As key members of the hospital staff, pharmacists ensure that medications are properly stored, dispensed, and administered to the right patients, helping to optimize treatment and ensure patients receive the right care.

1. Hospital & Pharmacist
Definition of Hospital and Responsibility of Pharmacist in Hospital.

2. Hospitals
“A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with
specialized medical and nursing staff and medical equipment.”

3. Departments of Hospital
Patient Department
Administration
Pathology
Accounts
Pharmacy

4. Pharmacy means Pharmacist
Pharmacists, also known as chemists or druggists, are health
professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences
focusing on safe and effective medication use.

5. Pharmacist’s Knowledge & Skill Sets
Disease DrugTherapy
Physical
Assessment
Lab &
diagnostic
Test
Drug
Information
Therapeutic
Planning
Patient
Monitoring Communication Patient Care

6.  Central Dispensing Area
 Patient Care Area
 Direct Patient Area
 General Responsibility
Responsibilities of Pharmacist

7. Central Dispensing Area
 To ensure that all drugs are stored and dispensed correctly.
 To check the accuracy of the dosages prepared.
 Maintain proper records & bills
 Framed policies and procedures are followed.
 Maintain professional competence.
 Communicate with all pharmacy staffs.

8. Patient Care Area
 Maintain liaison with nurses
 Reviewing of drug administration
 Inspect periodically the medication areas
 Identify the drugs brought into the hospital
 Monitoring of drugs
 Counsel the patients

9. Direct Patient Area
 Identification of drugs brought into the hospital
 Obtaining patients medication history
 Assist in the selection of drug products
 Monitor patients total drug therapy
 Counseling patients
 Participating in cardio-pulmonary emergencies

10. General Responsibilities
 Ensure that all drugs are handled properly
 Participate in cardio-pulmonary emergencies
 Provide education and training for pharmacists
 Co-ordinate overall pharmaceutical need of the services
 Keeps the pharmacy neat and tidy manner

11. Pharmacist and Life cycle

12. Conclusion
Hospitals can’t function without highly trained & skilled pharmacists.
Hospital without pharmacists is like library without books. In short,
Pharmacist make sure that the hospital have right medicine for the right
patient at right time and these are administered in right way to ensure all
hours of day and night patients in the hospital will have all the medicine
they need. helps to make sure that patient get right care and treatment.

13. Thank You