| The SKMCH&RC Pharmacy
Department is a full service
centralized inpatient hospital
pharmacy. Services are provided
for all inpatients as well as
those patients served by our
outpatient service departments
and clinics. The Pharmacy
Department is staffed with a
full-time Manager of Pharmacy, a
full-time Pharmacists, Pharmacy
Technicians and Pharmacy Support
Officers. |
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| The Pharmacy Department provides
a number of services to our
patients, medical staff, nursing
staff, and other clinical
departments. A restricted
Hospital Formulary approved by
the Pharmacy & Therapeutics
Committee and the Medical Staff
is used within the hospital. The
Pharmacy Department maintains a
complete and comprehensive
computerized patient drug
profile on all patients. A unit
dose drug distribution system is
used throughout the hospital
with computerized dispensing
cabinets to reduce the potential
for medication errors. Clinical
consultations are provided for
patients and physicians as
requested. |
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Scope of Services |
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Although drugs are commodities which have significant implications for cost, the effectiveness and safety of their use in all patients is one of the most important components of health care. As such, the appropriate, safe, and cost-effective use of drugs is the primary concern of the pharmacy. Specifically, the department of pharmacy is responsible for:
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- The specifications of quality for procurement of all drugs
- The preparation and distribution of all drugs.
- The control and management of drug costs.
- The monitoring and assurance of quality of drug use.
- The evaluation of drug literature and the communication of drug and disease related information.
- The application of professional and scientific principles in the selection, use, administration and monitoring of drug effectiveness for all patients.
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Department of Pharmacy takes keen interest in providing training and educational services that can be gauged from the periodical Pharmacy News Letter and the compiled Hospital Formulary. We have a comprehensive Internship program for fresh pharmacy graduate from various Universities of the country as well as foreign Pharmacists. Another feature, which distinguishes our Pharmacy department from the rest, is the ability to provide TPN (Total Parental Nutrition) to those patients who are not on natural diet. The hospital also provides this service to other hospitals, which don’t have this facility. |
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The pharmacy department provides comprehensive leadership within the hospital for any and all matters relating to drugs or drug therapy. It is the mission of the pharmacy to excel in the provision of pharmaceutical care to our community and hospital.
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