1. Name- Miss. Mali Sunayana Mallappa
Designation - Asst.Professor
Department- Pharmacy Practice
College Name- Sahyadri College Of
Pharmacy, Methwade, Tal-Sangola, Dist-
Solapur,Maharashtra.
Hospital Pharmacy
And It's Organization
2. Hospital Pharmacy:
The department of the hospital which deals with
procurement, storage, compounding, dispensing,
manufacturing, testing, packaging, and distribution of
drugs.
Hospital Pharmacy may also be defined as a department in
which the drugs are procured, preserved, stored,
compounded, assayed, manufactured, dispensed, packaged
and distributed to inpatients and outpatients by
professionally competent and legally qualified pharmacists.
The practice of pharmacy within the hospital under the
supervision of a professional pharmacist is known as
hospital pharmacy.
As per known history, the first pharmacy was established in
Baghdad in 754 AD.
5. Cost Containment.
Effective and Efficient Service.
Patient Satisfaction.
Effective Staff Utilization.
Objectives Of HOSPITAL PHARMACY
6. Practicing pharmacy in a professional and ethical
manner.
Applying organizational skills in the practice of pharmacy.
Dispensing drugs as per the prescription of the medical
staff of the hospital.
Managing various activities of stores such as purchase of
drugs, proper storage conditions and maintenance of
records.
Functions of Hospital Pharmacy
7. Inspecting all pharmaceutical supplies.
Promoting and contributing to the rational use of
medicines.
Providing counselling services while dispensing drugs
especially for outpatients.
Forecast Of demand.
Determining specifications of the required
medicaments.
Selection of reliable suppliers.
8. Distribution of medicaments in the wards
Dispensing of medicaments to out-patients
Drug information source in hospitals
Centre for drug utilization studies
Implement recommendations of the pharmacy and
therapeutic committee
Patient counseling
Maintaining liaison between medical, nursing and the patient.
9. Functions of Hospital Pharmacist:-
A) Dispensing:- 1.Outdoor Patients.
2. Inpatients.
3. Medical, Surgical supplies.
4. Laboratory supplies.
5. Ward supplies.
6. Alcohol. 7. Narcotics.
B) Purchasing and inventory control
C) Manufacturing:- 1.Bulk.
2. Large Volume parenterals.
3. Small Volume parenterals.
4. Surgical irrigation fluids
D) Statistics and reports
E) Teaching research storage control
18. Linoleum: A material consisting of a canvas backing thickly
coated with a preparation of linseed oil and powdered cork, used
especially as a water-resistant type of floor covering.
22. Storage cabinet with proper leveling.
Space for loading of wood packs.
Space for Pharmacy lab with testing equipments.
Equipments for Compounding, dispensing.
Storage Area:-
23. Storage Of Refrigerated Drug Items:
According to the following:-
Room temperature: Between 15-25ºC.
Cool place: Between 8-15ºC (Air conditioning) (Antibiotics,
Vitamins etc)
Refrigerator: Between 2-8ºC (Vaccines, insulin, heparins etc)
(Refrigerator but not freeze)
Freezer: Between -10 and -25 ºC (Oral Polio vaccine which is
kept below –20ºC) (Freeze)
28. A drug formulary is a list of prescription drugs, both generic and brand
name, used by practitioners to identify drugs that offer the greatest
overall value.
29. Problems of Pharmacy
Carrying cost, or holding cost refers to the total cost of holding
inventory. This includes warehousing costs such as rent, utilities and
salaries, financial costs such as opportunity cost, and inventory costs
related to perishability, shrinkage (theft) and insurance
30. Disposal of Stores
First In First Out (FIFO):
A First In First Out strategy implies that the products that
were stocked first will move out first. Companies should use
FIFO method if they are selling perishable goods.
Companies selling products with relatively short demand
cycles, such as clothes, also may have to pick FIFO to
ensure they are not stuck with outdated styles in inventory.
LIFO (Last In First Out)
In this warehouse management, the products which are
brought in the last, moves out the first. LIFO is used in case
of products which do not have a shelf life.
FEFO ( First Expiry First Out )
In FEFO warehouse management, the products are
dispatched from the warehouse according to their expiration
date.
36. 1. A Text book of Pharmacy Practice by the author Sourabh
Kosey Nirali Prakashan.Page No.2.1-2.14
2. A Text book of Pharmacy Practice by the author Dr. Sachin
V. Tembhurne, Dr. Ashwini R. Madgulkar, Dr. Virendra S.
Ligade Nirali Prakashan. Page No. 2.1-2.4
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