HOSPITAL PHARMACY (PHAR 45)

Introduction
Definition of hospital pharmacy
Development of history of pharmacy
Uniqueness of hospital pharmacy
Minimum standard for pharmacies in the hospital
Abilities required of a hospital pharmacist
Hospital and its organization
o Definition of hospital
o Development & expansion
o Classification of hospital
o Functions of hospital
o Organization &administration
o Different departments in the hospital
o The medical staff
The hospital pharmacy department
Organization of the department
Function of the department
The physical plant and equipment
The pharmacy library
The pharmacy staff responsibilities staffing
The pharmacy procedure manual
Pharmacy &therapeutics committee
Purpose
Organization
Functions & scope
Policies of the committee
Drug utilization review
Drug defect reporting
Emergency drug listing
The hospital formulary
Definition of formulary & formulary system
Formulary content & organization
Selection of guiding principle for admission or deleting of drugs
A sample pharmacological classification
Sample text of the formulary
Budgeting, purchasing & inventory control in hospital pharmacy department
Developing the budget
Purchasing & inventory control
Methods used in transmitting physicians medication order to the pharmacy
Types of drug distribution
Dispensing to ambulatory patients
The combined pharmacy-central sterile supply room
The central sterile supply room in the hospital
 Qualification of the hospital pharmacist to manage central sterile supply room
Location of the central sterile supply room
Planning the central sterile supply room
Laminar flow hoods
Manufacturing-bulk & sterile
Budgeting control
The work sheet
Intravenous admixture
Total parenteral nutrition
Intravenous additive program
Preparation of IV additive solution
The role of the hospital pharmacist in educational & training program
Patient teaching program
Clinical pharmacy
Drug abuse teaching program
Future practice
Hospital pharmacy include
Supplying medication for in-patient and out-patient use
Preparation of sterile medication
Bulk compounding
Pre-packaging
Drug formulation
Research
Dissemination of information to hospital staff
Pharmacist in the hospital scope
Includes work in nursing station
Medical laboratory
Patients bedside