The document summarizes the roles and responsibilities of hospital pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. It discusses that hospital pharmacists dispense and prepare medications, educate patients, develop policies and procedures, and maintain professional relationships with medical staff. They also participate in hospital committees and activities of professional associations. Pharmacy technicians assist with stocking medications and operating dispensing machinery. The document provides guidelines on best practices for hospital pharmacy administration, patient services, drug control, and dispensing.

1. PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS
AND PRACTICES OF
HOSPITAL PHARMACIST
Dr. Mamta

2. CONTENT
› INTRODUCTION
- Pharmacist
- Hospital pharmacy
- Hospital Pharmacist
- Pharmacy technician
› PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS
– Professional relationship of hospital pharmacist
– Professional relationship with research staff
– Professional relations with medical and nursing staff
› HOSPITAL PHARMACIST ROLE IN PRACTICE
- Guidelines of practice in hospital pharmacy

3. PHARMACIST
› The Pharmacist is one who is licensed to prepare and
dispense medications, counsel patients, and monitor
outcomes pursuant to a prescription from a licensed health
professional.
› Pharmacists work primarily in community and hospital
pharmacies.
› Renew your prescription , when appropriate, in between
regular doctor’s visits to help manage your care.
› Other fields- managed care, mail-order pharmacy, home
healthcare, long term care, nuclear pharmacy, academia, drug
information, sales, marketing, or research.

4. HOSPITAL PHARMACY
› Hospital pharmacy may be defined as that department of the
hospital which deals with procurement, storage,
compounding, dispensing, manufacturing, testing, packaging
and managed under the direction of professionally
commitment, legally qualified pharmacist.
› Functions:
- Forecast of demand
- Quality control of purchased or manufactured products
- Maintenance of manufacturing records.

5. HOSPITAL PHARMACIST
› Dispenses oral medications,
› Prepares and dispenses parenteral
medications
› Educates and counsel patients and
provides drug information services.
› Sometimes specializes, with
advanced training in an area of
patient care.
› Screens, monitor, & advices for self-
treatment with over –the-counter
(OTC) products sold without a
prescription.

6. › Develops policies & procedures .
› Purchases drugs & supplies.
› Monitors drug use in the hospital.

7. PHARMACY TECHNICIAN
› Takes part in functions involving delivery, stocking, or
inventory of medications anywhere in the hospital.
› May operate manual or computerised dispensing machinery.
› Hospital pharmacies (and drugstore chains) are more likely
than community pharmacies to require that pharmacy
technicians be certified.

8. PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS
› A Pharmacist can promote his profession by the following
programs:
 By maintaining professional relation with the medical research
staff, physicians & clinical and nursing staff or other health
care professions & with the hospital or the employing
institution.
 By maintaining professional relation with medical
representative & supplier.
 By maintaining professional relation with the general public
and patients.
 By organizing educational services for thepublic.

9.  By maintaining professional relation with the pharmaceutical
industry.
 By participating in teaching & information services of the
hospital.
 By participating in activities of professional associations.
 By participating in hospital administrative works.
 By providing service through various hospital committees.

10. PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES OF PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS:
› All the pharmacists must join as member of professional
association of the area of practice. These associations usually
carry on the work of popularizing the profession by various
themes of professional day celebrations like world pharmacist’s
day, National pharmacy week etc., every year.
› Only by participating in professional association meetings
pharmacists can correct any deficiency in its activities or inaction
or direct its course of action.
› There are many professional associations in India in our
pharmacy field, among a them Indian Pharmaceutical
Association (IPA) and Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association
(IPGA) are the major associations

11. PROFESSIONAL RELATION WITH RESEARCH
STAFF:
› Though clinical research is carried out by exclusive organizations
(CRO) established for the purpose of research, hospitals also play
an important role in research activities.
› Research can be undertaken for new drugs or new indication for
old drugs, as well as on drugs suspected of ADR. In all these
researches, pharmacist can provide needed back ground
information gathered through hospital drug information centre
to the research staff.

12. MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL RELATION WITH
MEDICAL &NURSING STAFF: -
› American society of hospital pharmacists (ASHP) has published a
guideline for collaboration of pharmacists & nurses in
institutional care settings. True & sincere collaboration of
pharmacists & nurses in institutional care settings.
› Pharmacists on their part can supply drug information to the
nurses, on the other, nurses can provide valuable information on
the effects of drug on the inpatients, as they are directly
involved in patient care.
› Pharmacist should provide the following drug information in
adequate level & extend to the nurses:
 Information on new drugs.

13.  Information on investigational drugs used in the hospital.
 Probable side effects & therapeutic risks of the drugs prescribed.
 Contraindications to particular drug therapy.
 Compatibility & stability of drugs, including I.Vadmixture.
 Drug dose calculations.
 Essential pharmacokinetic data about the drugs prescribed.
 Possible drug interactions(drug-drug, drug-food & drug-lab tests)
& Effect of patient’s age & disease on drugs action.

14. HOSPITAL PHARMACIST ROLE IN PRACTICE.
› Participating in teaching & information services of the hospital.
› Organizing educational services for the public. Hospital pharmacy
displays.
› Developing pharmacy bulletin.
› Organizing drug rehabilitation & consultation programs.
› Providing service through hospital committees.
› Participating in activities of professional associations

15. GUIDELINES ON PRACTICE IN HOSPITAL PHARMACY:
› Administration
 Hospital Pharmacy Licensing
 Provisions of Pharmacy Services
 Responsibilities of Pharmacy Manager
 Staffing
 After Hours Service
 Policy and Procedure Manual
 Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
 Quality Management/Improvement Process
 Medication Incident and Discrepancy Reporting Program

16.  Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Program
 Essential Services
 Hospital Pharmacy Premises
 Facility
 Equipment
 Library
 Security
 Patient-Oriented Pharmacy Services
 Medication Order Review
 Verbal Orders
 Standing Orders
 Medication Profile
 Direct Patient Care

17.  Medication Counselling
 Documentation
 Seamless Care
 Non-Patient Care Pharmacy Services
 Interdisciplinary Team Participation
 Drug Use Evaluations
 Drug Information Service
 Self-Administration Programs
 Drug Use Control
 Formulary System
 Drug Procurement
 Inventory Management
 Automated Medication Dispensers
 Narcotic, Controlled Drugs
 Drug Disposal
 Drug Storage Site Inspections
 Medication Distribution Service

18. › Dispensing
› Medication Labelling
 Inpatient Medication
 Ward stock Medication
 Individual Patient Prescriptions
 Controlled/Monitored Dose
 Unit-of-Use Packages
 Outpatient Prescriptions
 After Hours Cart/Cabinet Medication
Delivery
Return of Medication
 Inpatient Pass Medication
Emergency Outpatient Medications
 Medication Preparation

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