This document summarizes a seminar presentation on pharmacy and therapeutic committees. It defines a pharmacy and therapeutic committee as a policy-making body that advises the medical staff and hospital administration on drug therapy issues. The objectives of such committees are to provide advisory, educational, and safe/rational drug use guidance. The composition of a PTC includes physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and administrators. Key functions of a PTC are developing and revising formularies, managing adverse drug reactions, promoting patient health, and regulating the hospital pharmacy inventory.

1. A SEMINAR ON
PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTIC
COMITTEE
• Presented by:
• Mukul Tambe
• Sem. II M. Pharm.
• Pharmacology
• Roll no. 8
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2. CONTENTS:
Definition
Objectives
Composition
Operations of PTC
Functions
Role of Pharmacist
References
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3. Definition:
• The pharmacy and therapeutics committee is a policy
faming and recommending body to the medical staff and
the administration of hospital on matters releted to
therapeutic use of drugs.
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4. OBJECTIVE:
• The pharmacy and therapeutics have three major roles to play.
These are:
1.
• ADVISORY
2.
• EDUCATIONAL
3.
• SAFE AND RATIONAL
USE OF DRUGS
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5. COMPOSITION OF P. T. C.:
THE
DIRECTOR
CHAIRMAN
DEAN OF
HOSPITAL
ADMINISTRATOR
DPENDING ON
SIZE OF PTC
HOSPITAL
PHARMACIST
REGISTERED
PHARMACIST
MEDICAL STAFF
MIN. 3
PHYSICIANS
NON MEDICAL
STTAFF
REPRESENTATIVE
OF NURSING
STAFF
SECRETARY
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6. SUB-COMMITEES UNDER P.T.C.:
C.V.S. DRUGS
IN PATIENT
DRUGS
ANTI
NEOPLASTICS
PSYCHOTIC
DRUGS
G.I.
DRUGS
ENDOCRINE
DRUGS
OUT PATIENT
DRUGS
ANTIDIABETIC
DRUGS
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7. OPERATIONS OF P. T. C.:
1. Minimum 6 meetings yearly and any additional meetings
whenever necessary.
2. Agenda and Supplementary material should be prepared by
secretary and circulate to members in advance.
3. Every member must study agenda thoroughly before coming to
the meeting.
4. All members should be present for meeting and should be actively
involved in the same.
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8. TYPICAL AGENDA OF MEETING:
• Minutes of the previous meeting
• Review of the contents of the Hospital Formulary for the purpose of
bringing it up to date, and deleting of products not considered for
use
• Information regarding new drugs which may have become
commercially available.
• Review and/or adoption of investigational drugs currently under
processing in the hospital.
• Review of side effects, adverse drug reactions, toxic effects, drug
interactions of drugs reported by various units of hospital.
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9. CONTD.:
• Review of “Drug Safety” in the hospital.
• Reports of various sub‐committees.
• Report of medical audit.
• Any other matter with the permission of
chairman.
• Vote of thanks.
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10. FUNCTIONS OF P.T.C.:
• Setting up of Moral, Legal and Ethical guidelines for the Hospital
Policy.
• Advice Medical, Admin. and Pharmacy Dept. on drug related issues.
• Developing Drug Policies and Procedures.
• Evaluating and providing drugs for formulary and providing for its
periodic revision.
• Managing ADRs.
• Managing medication errors.
• Promoting overall health benefit to the patients.
• Periodic education to medical and non-medical staff about current
situations and issues.
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11. CONTD.:
• Regulating the Drug inventory of the Hospital Pharmacy.
• Specifically controlling Narcotic Medications.
• Control over OTC Medications.
• Deciding drugs list of EMERGENCY, OPERATION
THEATER and other Depts.
• Effective implementation of Drug Policy in Hospital.
• Detect and Prevent Drug Interactions.
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16. ROLE OF
PHARMACIST:
• Patient Counseling.
• Awareness for Recent advances in Medicines.
• Detection of Prescription errors.
• Convey patient need to doctors.
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• Organizing Health camps for patients in co-
ordination with doctor(s).
• Distribution of Information Pamphlets.
• Promoting Safe drug use.
• Demonstration of medical devices.

17. REFERENCES:
1. Textbook of Hospital And Clinical Pharmacy by
S. Balsubramanian and N. Narayanan, 2nd edition,
PharmaMed Press, M.P. Page no. 26 to 36.
2. Wikipedia- Pharmacy and Therapeutic
Committee.
3. SlideShare- P & T Presentation by J.
JAYASUTHA, SRM University.
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