2. Hospital pharmacy course: It is a specialized field
of pharmacy which forms an integrated part of
patient health care in a health facility.
Hospital pharmacy and hospital pharmacist:
Hospital pharmacy is the health care service,
which comprises the art, practice, and profession
of : i.Choosing, Prparing, Compounding, Dispensing
medicines and medical devices, ii.Advising healthcare
professionals and patients on their safe, and efficient
use.

3. It is the profession that strives to continuously
maintain and improve the medication management
and pharmaceutical care of patients to the highest
standards in a hospital setting.
 To be part of the medication management in
hospitals, which encompasses the entire way in
which medicines are selected, procured, delivered,
prescribed, administered and reviewed to optimize
the contribution that medicines make to producing
informed and desired outcomes
 To enhance the safety and quality of all medicine
related processes affecting patients of the hospital
 To ensure the 7 “rights” are respected: right patient,
right dose, right route, right time, right drug with
the right information and documentation.

4. Contents of hospital pharmacy course
:
The contents of the hospital pharmacy course are arbitrarily divided into two
areas
Area Services
1- Institutional
Pharmacy:
1 Dispensing,
This part concerned with the
rules, regulation and policies
governing:
2 Selection and purchase of
medicines.
3 Storage and record keeping
(inventories)
4 Distribution Medication system
5 The management of pharmacy
staff in the hospital.
6 Committees in the hospitals

5. Contents of hospital pharmacy course
:
Area Services
1I- Technical Pharmacy: 1 Extemporaneous Compounding
Techniques, guidelines
and regulations used in
compounding:
2 Injectable preparations: LVP,
TPN, intended for intravenous
use and those sterile large volume
solutions used for irrigation,
surgery or for dialysis.
3 Veterinary, Radio-
Pharmaceutical, Ambulatory
Compounding (specialized
hospitals)

6. Part One
Institutional, Organizational Structure
Management&
Controlling of :
Organizational
Structure
Medication system
Distribution System Drug

7. Section I
Every hospital, large or small, has an organizational structure that allows
for the efficient management of departments.
Traditional Organizational Chart-1

8. IN A LARGE HOSPITAL (USA)
 In Large hospitals, departments of pharmacy
have a more divisions.
 The following are some of the responsibilities of
each division of the department of Hospital
Pharmacy in a large hospital:

9. Common organizational categories might include
USA:
1. Administration Services
2. Informational Services
3. Therapeutic Services
4. Diagnostic Services
5. Support Services

10. Grouping of Hospital Departments all over the world
includind UAE depends on:
UAE
 A. Each hospital department performs specific
functions and shares similarity of duties.
 B. Aim: to promote efficiency of the healthcare
facility. (unity)
 C. Board: Hospital President, Vice Presidents,
Executive Assistants, Department Heads (one policy)

11. ResearchTeaching
Dispensing
• Out-patient
• In-patient
• Surgical +
laboratory
supplies
• Ward or Floor
stock
• Alcohol
• Narcotics
PHARMACY
Manufacturing
• Bulk
• LVP
• SVP
• Misc.
Control
Purchasing &
Inventory
control
Reports

12. Out-Patient
Dispensing
Supervisor
Manufacturing
& Control
Supervisor
In-patient
Dispensin
g
Supervisor
Associate Director
Pharmacist-In-Chief
Assistant Pharmacist-In-Chief
Secretary
Clerk
Pharmacy
Residents

13. Out-Patient Sterile
TPN
In-patient
Manager Director (DR.Ali
Pharmacist-In-Chief
Assistant Pharmacist-In-Chief
Pharmacists

14. Administrative
Services Division
Unit Dose
Dispensing
Education &
Training
Division
Assistant
Director of
Pharmacy
• Departmental
Services
• Purchase &
Inventory
Control
• Manufacturing
& Packaging
Associate Director of Pharmacy
Director of Pharmacy
Research
Pharmacist
Pharmaceutical
Research Divisions
Pharmacist
Specialist
Radiopharmaceuti
cal Division
Pharmacist
Specialist
Drug Information
Assistant
Director of
Pharmacy
• Assay & QC
Dept
• Sterile Product
Division
• Central Supply
Division
Assistant
Director of
Pharmacy
• In-Patient
Services
• Out-Patient
Services
• IV Admixture
Division
USA

15. Administrative Services Division in Pharmacy s
(Functions(
 Plan and coordinate departmental activities (out and
in-patients &TPN)
 Develop policies (e.g narcotics records can be kept
for 1-3 years)
 Schedule personnel and provide supervision
(rotation & holidays)
 Coordinate administrative needs of the Pharmacy &
Therapeutics Committee ( selection of drug essential
list for each hospital department according to needs)
 Supervise departmental office staff ( lab. Boy,
technicians & clerks)

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1-Education Training Division
Participate in hospital wide education
programs involving nurses, doctors etc.
Train newly employed pharmacy
department personnel.

17. 2-Pharmaceutical Research Division
 Cooperate with the medical research staff
of projects involving drugs ( if present!!
May be in case of clinical pharmacist)
3.In-patient Services Division
 Provide medications for all in-patients of the hospital
on a 24-hour per day basis (rotation system)
 Cooperate with the medical drug research (( if
present!! May be in case of clinical pharmacist))

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4.Out-Patient Services Division
Dispense out-patient prescriptions
Maintain prescription records.
Provide drug consultation services to staff and
medical students.
5.Drug Information Services Division
Provide drug information on drugs and drug
therapy to health professional staff.
Participate in the hospital’s pharmacy newsletter (if
present)
Maintain literature files.

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6.Departmental Services Division
 Coordinate and control all drug delivery and distribution
systems (Unit Dose to inpatients)
7.Purchasing and Inventory Control
Division
Maintain drug inventory control (input and output
control)
Purchase all drugs (record)
Receive, store and distribute drugs (record)

20. 8.Central Supply Services Division
Develop and coordinate distribution of medical supplies
and irrigating fluids.
9.Assay and Quality Control
Division
 Not present (UAE)
10.Manufacturing and Packaging Division
Maintain a unit dose program.

21. 11.Sterile Products Division
Manufacture sterile ophthalmic, irrigating
solutions etc.
LVP, IV admixtures, TPN.
12.Radiopharmaceutical Services
Division
Centralize the procurement, storage and
dispensing of radioisotopes used in clinical
practice. ( It is in Twam hospital)
13.Intravenous Admixture Division
Included in the sterile product division

22. The director of pharmacy service shall
be responsible for:
Monitoring all the previous
processes mentioned in the functions.

23. Clinical PharmacyCourse(
DR.Ali & Dr.Doa)
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