JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course 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.

Course Outcome

Student will be familiar with the Hospital pharmacy organization,

incompatibilities and patient related factors.

UNIT - I

• a) Organization and Structure: Organization of hospital and hospital pharmacy. Responsibilities of hospital pharmacist. Pharmacy and Therapeutic committee, Budget preparation and implementation.
• b) Hospital Formulary: Contents preparation and revision of hospital formulary.

UNIT - II

• a) Drug Store Management and Inventory Control
• 1. Organisation of drug store, type of materials, stock, storage conditions.
• 2. Purchase and Inventory control, principles purchase, procedures, purchase orders, procurement and stocking.
• b) Drug Distribution System in Hospitals
• 1. Outpatient dispensing – method adopted.
• 2. Dispensing of drug to inpatients, Types of drug distribution systems, charging policy, labeling.
• 3. Dispensing of drugs to ambulatory patients.
• 4. Dispensing of controlled drugs.

UNIT - III

• a) Central Sterile Supply Unit and their Management: Types of materials for sterilization, packing of materials prior to sterilization, sterilization equipments supply of sterile materials.
• b) Manufacture of Sterile & Non Sterile Products: Policy making of manufacturable items, demand and costing, personnel requirements, manufacturing practice, master formula card, production control, manufacturing records.

UNIT - IV

• a) Drug Information Services: Sources of information on drugs, diseases,treatment schedules, procurement of information’s, computerized services (e.g. MEDLINE) retrieval of information, medication error.
• b) Records and Reports: Prescription filing, drug profile, patient medication

UNIT - V

• a) Community Pharmacy-organisation and structure of retail and wholesale drug store- types of drug store, design and legal requirements for establishment, maintenance, dispensing of proprietary products, maintenance of records of retail and wholesale, patient counseling, role of pharmacists in community healthcare and education.
• b) Patient compliance-reason for noncompliance pharmacists’ role in patients compliance.
• c) Responding to common symptoms

TEXT BOOKS

(latest editions)

• 1. Hospital pharmacy by William .E. Hassan
• 2. A text book of Hospital Pharmacyby S.H.Merchant & Dr. J.S. Qadry. Revised by R.K.Goyal & R.K. Parikh

REFERENCES

• 1. Allwood, M.C., Fell, J.T., Text Book of Hospital Pharmacy, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, UK.
• 2. Owunwonne, A Handbook of Radio Pharmaceuticals Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi.
• 3. Diana, M.C., Michael, E.A., Pharmaceutical Practice, ELBS, London.