HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL PHARMACY CHAPTER-WISE PDF NOTES ER20-25T
Chapter 1
Hospital Pharmacy
Definition, scope, national and international scenario
Organisational structure
Professional responsibilities, Qualification and experience requirements, job specifications, work load requirements and inter professional relationships
Preparation of Drug lists – High Risk drugs, Emergency drugs, Schedule H1 drugs, NDPS drugs, reserved
antibiotics
Procedures of Drug Purchases – Drug selection, short term, long term, and tender/e-tender process, quotations,
etc.
Inventory control techniques: Economic Order Quantity, Reorder Quantity Level, Inventory Turnover etc.
Inventory Management of Central Drug Store – Storage conditions, Methods of storage, Distribution, Maintaining Cold Chain, Devices used for cold storage (Refrigerator, ILR, Walk-in-Cold rooms)
FEFO, FIFO methods
Expiry drug removal and handling, and disposal. Disposal of Narcotics, cytotoxic drugs
Drug distribution (in- patients and out – patients) – Definition, advantages and disadvantages of individual prescription order method, Floor Stock Method, Unit Dose
Drug Distribution Method, Drug Basket Method.
Distribution of drugs to ICCU/ICU/NICU/Emergency wards.
Automated drug dispensing systems and devices
Distribution of Narcotic and Psychotropic substances and their storage
Clinical Pharmacy: Definition, scope, and development – in India and other countries
Technical definitions, common terminologies used in clinical settings and their significance such as Paediatrics, Geriatric, Anti-natal Care, Post-natal Care, etc.
Daily activities of clinical pharmacists: Definition, goal, and procedure of
Ward round participation
Treatment Chart Review
Adverse drug reaction monitoring
Drug information and poisons information
Medication history
Patient counselling
Interprofessional collaboration
Pharmaceutical care: Definition, classification of drug related problems. Principles and procedure to provide pharmaceutical care
Medication Therapy Management, Home Medication Review
