'Hospital Pharmacy - Theory' is a course offered in the fourth year of Pharm. D. program at School of Pharmacy, Health Sciences campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Course Duration: 3 Hrs./Week
Scope:
In the changing scenario of pharmacy practice in India, for successful practice of Hospital Phar- macy, the students are required to learn various skills like drug distribution, drug dispensing, manufac- turing of parenteral preparations, drug information, patient counselling, and therapeutic drug moni- toring for improved patient care.
Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student shall be able to –
- Know various drug distribution methods;
- Know the professional practice management skills in hospital pharmacies;
- Provide unbiased drug information to the doctors;
- Know the manufacturing practices of various formulations in hospital set up;
- Appreciate the practice based research methods; and
- Appreciate the stores management and inventory control.
Text books (Theory)
- Hospital pharmacy by William .E. Hassan
- A text book of Hospital Pharmacyby S.H.Merchant & Dr. J.S. Qadry. Revised by R.K.Goyal & R.K. Parikh
Reference Books (Theory)
- WHO consultative group report.
- R.P.S. Vol.2. Part –B; Pharmacy Practice section.
- Handbook of pharmacy – health care. Edt. Robin J Harman. The Pharmaceutical press.
Title of the topic
- Hospital - its Organisation and functions
- Hospital pharmacy - Organisation and management
- Organizational structure-Staff, Infrastructure & work load statistics
- Management of materials and finance
- Roles & responsibilities of hospital pharmacist
- The Budget – Preparation and implementation
- Hospital drug policy
- Pharmacy and Therapeutic committee (PTC)
- Hospital formulary
- Hospital committees
- Infection committee
- Research and ethical committee
- Hospital pharmacy services
- Procurement & warehousing of drugs and Pharmaceuticals
- Inventory control
- Definition, various methods of Inventory Control
- ABC, VED, EOQ, Lead time, safety stock
- Drug distribution in the hospital
- Individual prescription method
- Floor stock method
- Unit dose drug distribution method
- Distribution of Narcotic and other controlled substances
- Central sterile supply services – Role of pharmacist
- Manufacture of Pharmaceutical preparations
- Sterile formulations – large and small volume parenterals
- Manufacture of Ointments, Liquids, and creams
- Manufacturing of Tablets, granules, capsules, and powders
- Total parenteral nutrition
- Continuing professional development programs
Education and training - Radio Pharmaceuticals – Handling and packaging
- Professional Relations and practices of hospital pharmacist
Related Academic Courses
B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering, B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
