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are found in the hospital pharmacy
department within the hospital and are responsible for
providing medications for the in-patients and out-patients to
some extent.
Hospital pharmacists
within hospitals differ considerably from
community pharmacies and other areas of pharmacy
practice.
PHARMACIES
Some pharmacists in hospital pharmacies may have
more complex
clinical medication management issues
pharmacists in community pharmacies often have more
complex
business and customer relations issues.
The shall maintain a pharmacy service that is
administered in accordance with ethical, professional practices
and legal requirements.
hospital
a client friendly
section, is responsible for providing optimal care to in-patients
or out-patients and the general public through the promotion of
safe, accurate, rational, and cost-effective use of medicines.
hospital pharmacy
shall collaborate work with
the medical staff and hospital administration to assure quality
patient care and to improve pharmacy operations and
management.
hospital pharmacists
is a department
or service in a hospital which is under the direction of a
professionally, competent, legally qualified pharmacist,
and from which all medications:
Are supplied to the nursing units and other services;
Where special prescriptions are filled for patients in
the hospital;
Where prescriptions are filled for ambulatory patients
and outpatients;
Where pharmaceuticals are manufactured in bulk;
Where narcotics and other prescribed drugs are
dispensed;
Where biologicals are stored and dispensed;
Where injectable preparations should be prepared
and sterilized, and
Where professional supplies are often stocked and
dispensed.
The hospital Pharmacy Department
The modern practice of _________involves on the
computerization of the pharmacy department makes it possible
for the staff to:
Participate in patient education program
Participate in poison control center activities
Preparation of patient drug use profiles
Parenteral nutrition program participation
Cooperating in the teaching and research programs of the hospital
Communicating new product information to nursing service and
other hospital personnel
Dispensing radiopharmaceuticals
Hospital Pharmacy
To provide quality pharmaceutical services to in-
patients or out-patients, general public, and to the
allied health professionals and institutions.
To deliver total satisfaction by providing client-friendly
pharmaceutical services.
To provide quality patient care through assuring safe,
accurate, rational and cost-effective use of medicines.
To maintain standard professional ethics and
education.
To promote research on pharmaceuticals and hospital
pharmacy practices.
To disseminate pharmaceutical knowledge and share
medication information among hospital pharmacists
and members of allied specialties and professions.
To strengthen hospital pharmacy internship program
through the development of a training module.
To integrate new technological developments in
improving pharmaceutical care and safety.
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS OF THE
HOSPITAL PHARMACY SERVICE
To provide continuous supply of appropriate medicines to
the patients in collaboration with the medical staff
through the _________
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
(CQI)
Program.
Continuous Quality Improvement
is organized in accordance with
the minimum requirements set by the
hospital pharmacy
Food and Drugs
Administration (FDA), and the One Stop Shop Licensure
of the Bureau of Health Facilities Service (BHFS).
appropriately qualified by
experience, education, and training shall effectively
manage the hospital pharmacy under the general
supervision of the Chief Administrative Officer or Deputy
of the Administrative Services.
licensed pharmacist
The____________shall be staffed with qualified
number of competent pharmacists and well-trained
support personnel, in keeping with the service capability
of the hospital.
hospital pharmacy
The need to ensure the availability of affordable, quality,
safe, and efficacious drugs in the __________for in-
patients or out-patients and to the general public and in
support to the government’s thrust of reducing the prices
of drugs and other pharmaceutical products.
DOH hospitals
the ______________must be
familiar with the health care system in general and the
specific functions of the health institution in order to
achieve the pharmacy’s goal in cooperation with all other
departments and programs that ensures quality care for
the patients.
chief pharmacist
Reallocated Positions for Hospital Pharmacists
From
Pharmacist I
Pharmacist II
Pharmacist III
Pharmacist IV
Pharmacist V
Pharmacist VI
10
12
14
18
20
22
Reallocated Positions for Hospital Pharmacists
To
Pharmacist I
Pharmacist II
Pharmacist III
Pharmacist IV
Pharmacist V
Pharmacist VI
11
15
15
18
20
22
The _________is structured to
maximize teamwork, promote decision making, and to
specify administrative line of authority, functional
responsibilities, accountabilities, and designation of
employees. (Figures 1, 2, 3)
hospital pharmacy service section
Figure 1
Hospital Pharmacy Position Chart
Chief Pharmacist
Supervising Pharmacist
Senior Pharmacist/s
Staff Pharmacist/s
Laboratory Aide/s
Administrative Aide/s
Figure 1
Hospital Pharmacy Position Chart
Figure 2
Organizational Chart of 300 Bed Capacity Tertiary Teaching and Training Hospital
Figure 3
Organizational Chart of the Pharmacy Division in a Corporate Hospital
ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE
The _________serves and interacts with other
sections and departments, it is important to understand
the relationship of the pharmacy within the hospital.
Generally, the hospital pharmacy is directly under the
supervision of the _________ and has
direct accountability to the Chief of the Hospital.
However, there are government hospitals in which the
pharmacy section is under the supervision of the___________ . (Figure 4)
hospital pharmacy
Chief, Administrative officer
Chief of
Clinics/Chief Medical and Professional Service
The ________contributes to the process of
improvement and operations of an institution through
coordination and collaboration with the health system
administrators, medical staff, nursing staff and from other
departments or services.
hospital pharmacy section
