Organization structure of hospital pharmacy
- 2. Hospital Pharmacy is an area of a hospital where pharmacists distribute prescription medicine to patients. 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.
- 3. Hospital Pharmacy should be located in an area that is convenient for providing service to the different departments and personnel who make daily use of such service. Hospital Pharmacy should be located on the ground floor to avoid the inconvenience to the persons who are availing the facility of pharmacy. Storage of drugs in the basement is not recommended because of difficulties in controlling the optimum conditions of storage.
- 4. Practising 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. Inspecting all pharmaceutical supplies Promoting and contributing to the rational use of medicines. Providing counselling services while dispensing drugs especially for outpatients.
- 5. RESEARCH DISPENSING MANUFACTURING PURCHASING & INVENTORY CONTROL STATISTICS AND REPORTS TEACHING CONTROL OUTDOOR PATIENT INPATIENT MEDICAL, SURGICAL & LABORATORY SUPPLIES WARD OR FLOOR STOCK ALCOHOL •BULK •LARGEVOLUME PARENTERALS •SMALLVOLUME PARENTERALS
- 7. Rxreceived by pharmacist Filling of prescription selection labelling pricing Dispensed to patient Receipt of payment Prescription filed Free Cash Charge Statistics and reports Regular prescription file Narcotic prescription file
- 9. In Smaller hospital with one pharmacist , only one room is required for pharmacy having a combination of dispensing, manufacturing, administrative and all other sections of complete pharmaceutical service. In Larger hospital with 200 or more beds, departmentalization of pharmacy activity is required. For sterile products, there should be a separate room or area. A Separate area is required for 1. Inpatient services and unit dose dispensing 2. Outpatient service 3. An Office for the chief pharmacist 4. A Compounding room
- 10. 5. Prepacking and Labelling room 6. A Store room 7. Sterile products room