HOSPITAL PHARMACY PRACTICE

Hospital Pharmacy - Garcia, P.

BS Pharmacy 3 | Transcriber: Elishah Allarey | SEM 1 2023

TOPIC OUTLINE with or without prescription or

medication order.
I. Hospital Pharmacy Practice
A. Hospital Pharmacy 2. Clinical Pharmacy - It refers to any
Services patient care provided by a pharmacist
B. Organization and Personnel through the pharmacologic and
II. Hospital Pharmacy Personnel non-pharmacologic strategies that
III. Qualifications of the Pharmacy Staff
promote appropriate selection and
utilization of medication to optimize
HOSPITAL PHARMACY PRACTICE individual therapeutic outcomes,
preventing diseases or achieving
Pharmaceutical Care wellness.
● Responsible provision of drug therapy
and other patient services for the 3. Drug Information Service - It refers to
purpose of achieving outcomes related any activity in response to a drug
to the prevention, reduction of information request or query from
symptoms, and treatment of health professionals, organizations,
diseases. committees, patients, and other
individuals with the goal of providing
Hospital Pharmacy carefully evaluated, evidence-based
● Practice of pharmacy in hospital drug information and recommendations
● Department wherein the procurement, to support medication use practice,
storage, compounding, manufacturing, enhance quality patient care, improve
packaging, controlling, assaying, patient outcomes, and ensure prudent
dispensing, distribution, and monitoring use of resources.
of medications take place.
4. Compounding - It consists of the sum
HOSPITAL PHARMACY RESPONSIBILITIES of processes performed by a
pharmacist in a drug preparation
General responsibilities: including the calculations, mixing,
● Policies and procedures assembling, packaging, or labeling of a
● Competence drug, as a result of the prescription or
● Training and education drug order; or for the purpose of or in
● Documentation relation to research, teaching or
● Interdisciplinary action chemical analysis.

HOSPITAL PHARMACY SERVICES 5. Training - It refers to the training of new

1. Dispensing - It refers to the sum of
processes performed by a pharmacist
from reading, validating, and
interpreting prescriptions; preparing
packaging; labeling; record keeping;
dose calculations; and counseling or
giving information, in relation to the sale
or transfer of pharmaceutical products,
personnel and the required continuing
professional development for the staff.
It is the section of the hospital
pharmacy in which training activities for
pharmacy interns are formulated and
implemented.

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Hospital Pharmacy - Garcia, P.
BS Pharmacy 3 | Transcriber: Elishah Allarey | SEM 1 2023

6. Research - It comes as part of the ● It shall be staffed with an adequate

scope of the practice of pharmacy. number of competent pharmacists and
pharmacists may conduct or undertake other well-trained support personnel,
scientific research in all aspects based on the service capability of the
involving pharmaceutical products and hospital.
healthcare.
HOSPITAL PHARMACY PERSONNEL
7. Administrative - It focuses on the
regulatory and other requirements of ● Pharmacists must be licensed in
the pharmacy. It includes accordance with the Professional
pharmaceutical cost planning, Regulation Commission (Board of
budgeting, inventory management, Pharmacy).
preparation and submission of reports, ● Support personnel must possess basic
and maintenance of records. educational qualifications and be
trained by a certifying body.
Difference between Community and Hospital: ● All personnel are provided with regular
continuing education and training to
Community Hospital Pharmacy maintain proficiency, competency, and
Pharmacy
for compliance with licensing
Deals directly with Deals with patient requirements.
people in the local care and medication
area. and promotes health 1. MANAGEMENT
wellness and disease
inhibition. Chief Pharmacist, Supervising Pharmacist
● They are responsible for procurement,
Deals with mass Limited scope.
health. distribution, and control of all drug
products used within the hospital;
It has responsibilities The pharmacists management of pharmacy personnel
including work in management and maintenance, and proper
compounding, with the doctors for implementation of established
counseling, checking, the patient standards in the operations of the
and dispensing of healthcare.
prescription drugs to hospital pharmacy division.
patients.
2. PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL STAFF

ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL

Senior Pharmacist, Staff Pharmacist
● They are qualified pharmacists who
● The hospital pharmacy is organized
undertake procurement, distribution,
with the minimum requirements set by
and control of drug products used within
the Food and Drug Administration
the hospital, provide clinical pharmacy
(FDA), One Stop Shop Licensure of
service, and supervise support staff
Health Facilities and Services
while assisting in pharmacy operations.
Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB), Philippine
Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and
Professional Regulation Commission
(PRC).

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Hospital Pharmacy - Garcia, P.
BS Pharmacy 3 | Transcriber: Elishah Allarey | SEM 1 2023

3. SUPPORT STAFF Competency Standard No. 4

● Engages actively in client/patient safety
Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Assistant, and health promotion activities
Pharmacy Aide, Administrative Aide
● They provide assistance to the Competency Standard No. 5
pharmacist in the preparation of ● Ensures business sustainability through
medicines to be dispensed, preparation efficient processes and systems
of materials and active ingredients in
compounding, recording of dispensed QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PHARMACY
medicines, storage, and safekeeping of STAFF
drug products and maintenance of
1. Chief Pharmacist
pharmacy.
● Duly licensed by law to practice
pharmacy
COMPETENCIES
● MS in Pharmacy or its equivalent
● With a minimum experience of six (6)
years; four (4) years of supervisory
● The Philippine Pharmacists Association
work and two (2) years as
(PPhA) Committee on Policies and
dispensing/clinical pharmacist
Standards and Philippine Practice
● Attended 40 hours of relevant training
Standards for Pharmacists Technical
(CSC MC No. 5 s. 2016)
Working Group (TWG) developed the
● With good verbal and written
2015 Philippine Practice Standards for
communication skills
Pharmacists (PhilPSP). Pharmacists
● Computer proficient
working in government hospitals must
● With strong problem-solving skills
possess certain knowledge, skills, and
● Physically, mentally, and morally fit to
attitude to undertake his/her functions
work
and duties efficiently and effectively.
Practice Area number four (4) of the
2. Supervising Pharmacist (to supervise
PhilPSP specify the following
dispensing activities)
competencies on Community, Hospital,
● Duly licensed by law to practice
and Institutional Pharmacy.
pharmacy
● With at least twenty-one (21) units of
Competency Standard No. 1
postgraduate studies
● Provides quality medicines and other
● With a minimum of four (4) years
health products appropriate to the
experience: two (2) years of supervisory
needs of the client/patient
work and two (2) years as staff
pharmacist
Competency Standard No. 2
● Attended 20 hours of relevant training
● Compounds products in a manner that
● With good verbal and written
ensures product quality, safety, and
communication skills
efficacy
● Computer proficient
● With strong problem-solving skills
Competency Standard No. 3
● Physically, mentally, and morally fit to
● Counsels client/patient on the safe and
work
judicious use of medicines and other
health products

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Hospital Pharmacy - Garcia, P.
BS Pharmacy 3 | Transcriber: Elishah Allarey | SEM 1 2023

3. Supervising Pharmacist (to supervise 6. Pharmacy Assistant

clinical pharmacy activities) ● Completed at least 2nd-year college of
● Duly licensed by law to practice any science course With civil service
pharmacy eligibility (sub-professional level)
● With at least twenty-one (21) units of ● Passer of a certification program for
postgraduate studies Pharmacy Support Workforce by
● With a minimum of four (4) years Professional Regulation Commission
experience: two (2) years of supervisory ● Willing to be trained in the pharmacy
work and two (2) years as a clinical ● Computer literate
pharmacist or had attended training for ● Physically, mentally, and morally fit to
clinical pharmacy work
● Attended 20 hours of relevant training
● With good verbal and written 7. Administrative Assistant
communication skills ● Completed at least 2nd-year college of
● Computer proficient any science course
● With strong problem-solving skills ● With civil service eligibility
● Physically, mentally, and morally fit to (sub-professional level)
work ● Willing to be trained in the pharmacy
● Computer literate
4. Clinical Pharmacist ● Physically, mentally, and morally fit to
● Duly licensed by law to practice work
pharmacy
● With a minimum of two (2) years of
work experience as a clinical
pharmacist or had attended training for
clinical pharmacy
● With good verbal and written
communication skills
● Computer proficient
● Physically, mentally, and morally fit to
work

5. Staff Pharmacists
● Duly licensed by law to practice
pharmacy
● Preferably with at least one (1) year of
pharmacy work experience
● With good verbal and written
communication skills
● Computer proficient
● Physically, mentally, and morally fit to
work