Implementation and Evaluation of Basic Pharmacy Practice Education Program in a General Hospital Pharmacy

Although hospital pharmacists are recognized for its importance as health care provider in many developed countries, in most developing countries it is still underutilized. The aim of the present study was to summarize the current scenario of pharmacy practices in four hospitals of Bangladesh and to identify the pharmacists rolesin these seftap. The study was conducted through convenient sampling method using a well-designed 14-item questionnaire to collect the opinions from the respondents. The results showed that hospital pharmacy service, as a unique department of hospital, existed in 50% of the studied hospitals where activities were done by graduate pharmacists and they were also involved in different departments to provide clinical services to the patients. The rest 50% of the studied hospitals had no hospital pharmacy service. Only a retail drug store inside the hospital was present and there was no diploma or graduate or any pharmacy technician for providing patient care. This study concludes that hospital pharmacy practice is just started in some private modern hospitals in Bangladesh which is inaccessible for the majority of peoples due to high patients cost of these hospitals. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bpj.v17i2.22339 Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Journal 17(2): 187-192, 2014

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Hospital Pharmacy Practice in Spain

Encyclopedia of Clinical Pharmacy (Print) ◽

10.1201/b13789-77 ◽

2002 ◽

pp. 453-460

Author(s):

Joaquin Giraldez ◽

Ana Ortega ◽

Antonio Idoate ◽

Azucena Aldaz ◽

Carlos Lacasa

Keyword(s):

Hospital Pharmacy ◽

Pharmacy Practice

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Evaluation of Drug Management Achievement in Pharmacy Installation of Langsa General Hospital

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Development ◽

10.22270/ajprd.v8i1.648 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 5-10

Author(s):

Mauliana M ◽

Wiryanto W ◽

Urip Harahap

Keyword(s):

General Hospital ◽

Outcome Measures ◽

Hospital Pharmacy ◽

Management System ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Drug Selection ◽

National Formulary ◽

Drug Management ◽

Prospective Data ◽

Drug Availability

Objective: to evaluate the achievements of drug management in Pharmacy Installation of Langsa General Hospital Design: The study used descriptive designs for 2018 data which were retrospective and prospective. Data was collected in the form of quantitative and qualitative data from document observations and interviews with relevant Pharmacy Installation officers. Interventions: the intervened variable were drug selection, planning and procurement, and distribution. Main outcome measures: the main measurement in this study were suitability of drug items available with the National Formulary, frequency of procurement of each drug item per year, accuracy of data on the number of drugs on the stock card, percentage and value of expired and / or damaged drugs, percentage of dead stock and level of drug availability. Results: drug management system that conformed to the following standards were the suitability of the available drug items with the National Formulary (88.37%); the accuracy of data on the number of drugs on the stock card (100%) and drug availability (13 months 14 days). Drug mangement which were not accordance with standard: the frequency of procurement of each drug item per year; percentage of expired and / damaged drug values (2.64%) and percentage of dead stock (3.24%). Conclusion: it could be concluded that the management of drugs in Langsa General Hospital Pharmacy Installation had not been fully effective and efficient in accordance with established standards.

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