• Additional capital funds may be necessary
to provide proper storage facilities for drugs
in every patient care area.
• Additional nurses time required for
handling drugs.
3. Combination of Individual and Floor
Stock System
- Followed in the government and private
hospitals.
- Requirements of drugs/surgical items are
given to the patient who purchase and
deposit these items in hospital wards under
the nurse supervision.
4. Unit Dose Drug Distribution System
- Medications are contained in,
administered from, single unit or unit dose
packages.
- Medications are dispensed in ready to
administer form, to the extent possible.
- For most medications, not more than a 24
hour supply of doses is provided to or
available at the patient care area at any
time.
- Patient medication profile is concurrently
maintained in the pharmacy for each
patient.
Advantages:
• Improve pharmaceutical service 24 hours
a day and are charged only for those which
are administered to them.
• Nurses have more time for direct patient
care.
• Creates a double check system
• Eliminates excessive duplication of orders
and paper work at the nursing station and
pharmacy.
• Transfers IV preparations and drug
reconstitution to the pharmacy.
• Promotes more efficient utilization of
professional and nonprofessional personnel.
• Reduces revenue losses
• Conserves space at nursing stations by
eliminating bulk floor stocks.
• Eliminates pilferage and drug waste.
• Extends pharmacy coverage and control
throughout the hospital.
• Communication of medication orders and
delivery systems is improved.
- 2 Types:
1. Central Unit Dose Drug Distribution
System.
2. Decentralized Unit Dose Drug Distribution
System.
A. Centralised Unit-dose Drug
Distribution System (CUDD)