Title 23. PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS AND PRACTICES OF HOSPITAL PHARMACIST.pdf ✅

PHARMD GURU Page 1 A Pharmacist’s public relation & professional relation are the important aspects of pharmacy practice. As pharmacy profession require constant touch & movement with general public, it can be promoted easily among them & earn respect & glory for the profession. Pharmacists are in a unique position to serve the good will & appreciation from the community. A Hospital pharmacy is a pharmacy (or) department, services in the hospital organization, managed under the direction of professionally commitment, legally qualified pharmacist. It dispenses & prepares drugs and provides clinical services in a hospital setting. Its functions are of maintaining drug treatment records and ordering, stocking, compounding, repackaging, & dispensing medications & other supplies. HOSPITAL PHARMACIST:  Dispenses oral medications.  Prepare & dispenses parenteral medications.  Educates & counsels patients.  Provides drug information services.  Monitor patient compliance & drug interactions & therapeutics response to drugs, & to recognize & report adverse drug reactions.  Planning & implementation of clinical trials.  Procurement & inventory management of drugs.  Screen, monitor, & advices for self-treatment with over –the-counter (OTC) products sold without a prescription.  Sometimes specializes, with advanced training in an area of patient care.  Administers department: − Develops policies & procedures. − Purchases drugs & supplies. − Monitors drug use in the hospital. PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS AND PRACTICES OF HOSPITAL PHARMACIST
PHARMD GURU Page 2 PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP OF HOSPITAL PHARMACIST: A Pharmacist can promote his profession by the following programs:  By maintaining professional relation with the medical research staff, physicians & clinical and nursing staff or other health care professions & with the hospital or the employing institution.  By maintaining professional relation with the general public & patients.  By maintaining professional relation with the pharmaceutical industry.  By maintaining professional relation with medical representative & suppliers.  By participating in teaching & information services of the hospital.  By organizing educational services for the public.  By participating in activities of professional associations.  By participating in hospital administrative works.  By providing service through various hospital committees. HOSPITAL PHARMACIST ROLE IN PRACTICE: 1. Participating in teaching & information services of the hospital. 2. Organizing educational services for the public. 3. Hospital pharmacy displays. 4. Developing pharmacy bulletin. 5. Organizing drug rehabilitation & consultation programs. 6. Providing service through hospital committees. 7. Participating in activities of professional associations. PARTICIPATING IN TEACHING & INFORMATION SERVICES OF THE HOSPITAL: In order to be in constant touch with developments of health profession, all the members of health care team are required to be educated & provided with latest information. a) Continuing education programs (CEP) for staff.
PHARMD GURU Page 3 b) Publishing pharmacy bulletins, newsletters etc. c) Maintaining hospital library. d) Establish & run drug information Centre. e) Publishing hospital formulary. - Pharmacy bulletins, CEP, Newsletters serve as educating the staff but through print media. - Hospital should maintain a well-stocked library in its premises. It should have all essential reference books of medicine, pharmacy, nursing & allied health sciences. Latest editions of these books as well as journals and other periodicals should be kept in library. - Hospital formulary as per the direction of pharmacy & therapeutic committee. ORGANIZING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC: As no treatment is complete without the use of medications, educating the public about its proper use, storage, side effects if any, has to be carried out by pharmacists. Effectively pharmacists have to prepare display boards, banners & other propaganda materials. - Pharmacists can also arrange audio visual presentation using slides, short films & appeal videos by popular personalities which are well received by rural people. PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: All the pharmacists must join as member of professional association of the area of practice. These associations usually carry on the work of popularizing the profession by various themes of professional day celebrations like world pharmacist’s day, National pharmacy week etc., every year. - Only by participating in professional association meetings pharmacists can correct any deficiency in its activities or inaction or direct its course of action. - There are many professional associations in India in our pharmacy field, among them Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA) and Indian Pharmacy Graduates Association (IPGA) are the major associations.
PHARMD GURU Page 4 - There are other associations representing particular branch of pharmacy, like Association of Pharmaceutical teachers of India (APTI), Indian Hospital Pharmacists Association (IHPA), All India drugs control officers confederation (AIDCOC), Indian drugs manufactures association (IDMA). - There is a separate organization for drug traders; All India organization of chemists & druggists (AIOCD). MAINTAINING PROFESSIONAL RELATION WITH MEDICAL & NURSING STAFF: American society of hospital pharmacists (ASHP) has published a guideline for collaboration of pharmacists & nurses in institutional care settings. True & sincere collaboration of pharmacists & nurses in institutional care settings.  Pharmacists on their part can supply drug information to the nurses, on the other, nurses can provide valuable information on the effects of drug on the inpatients, as they are directly involved in patient care.  Pharmacist should provide the following drug information in adequate level & extend to the nurses. − Information on new drugs. − Information on investigational drugs used in the hospital. − Probable side effects & therapeutic risks of the drugs prescribed. − Contraindications to particular drug therapy. − Compatibility & stability of drugs, including I.V admixture. − Drug dose calculations, if any. − Essential pharmacokinetic data about the drugs prescribed. − Possible drug interactions(drug-drug, drug-food & drug-lab tests) & − Effect of patient’s age & disease on drugs action. PROFESSIONAL RELATION WITH RESEARCH STAFF: Though clinical research is carried out by exclusive organizations (CRO) established for the purpose of research, hospitals also play an important role in research activities.