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The Hospital Pharmacy should be properly organized meeting the minimum requirements
prescribed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), PDEA and the Department of Health (DOH) and
follows the laws and policies of Pharmacy Practice in the Philippines. The organization of a hospital
pharmacy must satisfy the needs of the pharmacists performing their role as the vital link in the chain of
health providers dedicated to patient care.
The Hospital Pharmacy Service shall be under the general supervision of the administrative officer
or Chief of Hospital (COH); it will directly be administered and supervised by a licensed Pharmacist.
The organization serves to establish the authority relationships between positions and to assign
tasks that achieve the pharmacy’s objectives. An organizational chart showing the flow of administrative
authority is essential to the selection and categorization of employees.
It is imperative to list all the functions of the Pharmacy Service in the planning of personnel
requirements of various work systems; the estimated workload units per function and the time required to
complete each workload unit.
Plants, facilities, equipment and other materials of the hospital pharmacy must comply with the FDA
minimum standard requirements for the issuance of LTO in the establishment of Hospital Pharmacy.
However, these are further standardized based on the hospital’s capability levels, sizes, and scope of
service.
Adequate spaces, equipment and supplies are provided for the professional and administrative
functions of the Pharmacy Service to assure patient safety through proper storage, preparation and
dispensing of drugs.
Drugs are stored under proper condition of sanitation, temperature, light, ventilation, segregation
and security. There must be a suitable area for compounding, manipulating parenteral medications,
dispensing, adequate storage of drugs and administrative functions.
Objectives:
• To familiarize with the organizational chart of a hospital pharmacy based on bed capacities.
• To identify the requirements and responsibilities of the personnel of a hospital pharmacy.
• To identify the requirements for the licensing of a hospital pharmacy (FDA/DOH, PDEA)
• To familiarize with the procedures involved in the application of the LTO in a hospital Pharmacy
• To familiarize with the different laws and regulations governing Pharmacists in a Hospital setting.
Questions:
• Organizational Chart
• Specialization
1. Treatment of a particular type of illness or for a particular condition
requiring range of treatment. Examples of these hospitals are Philippine Orthopedic Center, National
Center for Mental Health, San Lazaro Hospital, a hospital dedicated to the treatment of cancer.
2. Treatment of patients suffering from diseases of a particular organ or groups
of organs. Examples of these hospitals are Lung Center of the Philippines, Philippine Heart Center,
National Kidney and Transplant Institute, a hospital dedicated to treatment of eye disorders.
• Capacity
1. General Hospital
A. Level 1
A Level 1 hospital shall have as minimum the services stipulated under Rule V. B. 1. b. 1. of this
Order, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. A staff of qualified medical, allied medical and administrative personnel headed by a physician
duly licensed by PRC;
2. Bed space for its authorized bed capacity in accordance with DOH Guidelines in the Planning
and Design of Hospitals;
3. An operating room with standard equipment and provision for sterilization of equipment
and supplies in accordance with:
a. DOH Reference Plan in the Planning and Design of an Operating Room/Theater (Annex A);
5. Maternity facilities, consisting of ward(s), room(s),a delivery room, exclusively for maternity
patients and newborns;
6. Isolation facilities with proper procedures for the care and control of infectious and
communicable diseases as well as for the prevention of cross infections;
10. A DOH licensed level 1 imaging facility with the services of a consulting radiologist;
B. Level 2
A Level 2 hospital shall have as minimum, all of Level l capacity, including, but not limited to, the
following:
1. An organized staff of qualified and. competent personnel with Chief of Hospital/Medical Director
and appropriate board certified Clinical Department Heads;
2. Departmentalized and equipped with the service capabilities needed to support board
certified/eligible medical specialists and other licensed physicians rendering services in the
specialties of Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery; their subspecialties and
ancillary services;
8. A DOH licensed level 2 imaging facility with mobile x-ray inside the institution and with capability
for contrast examinations.
C. Level 3
A Level 3 hospital shall have as minimum, all of Level 2 capacity, including, but not limited to, the
following:
1. Teaching and/or training hospital with accredited residency training program for physicians in the
four (4) major specialties namely: Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Surgery;
The trauma capability of hospitals shall be assessed in accordance with the guidelines formulated
by the Philippine College of Surgeons (PCS).
B. Trauma-Receiving Facility – a DOH licensed hospital within the trauma service area which
receives trauma patients for transport to the point of care or a trauma center.
5. Complete the table for the staffing patterns in a Hospital Pharmacy setting
10-15 25 50 100 200 300
Chief Pharmacist - - - - - 1
Supervising RPh - - - 1 1 1
Senior RPh - 1 1 1 2 3
Pharmacist(s) 2 3 4 7 8 12
Lab Aide(s) 1 1 1 1 3 3
Clerk(s) - 1 1 2 2 2
Storekeeper - - 1 1 1 1
Utility worker - - - 1 1 1
List down the Laws Governing the Practice of Pharmacy in the Philippines
LAWS DESCRIPTION
R.A NO. 5921 An Act Regulating The
Practice Of Pharmacy And
Setting Standards Of
Pharmaceutical Education In
The Philippines And For
Other Purposes.
- Feedback session
• Initial Application - or Original Application refers to the License to Operate (LTO) applied to FDA
prior to engaging in the business or operation involving the manufacture, importation, exportation,
sale, offer for sale, distribution, transfer, and where applicable the use, testing, promotion,
advertisement, and/or sponsorship of health products.
• Packer/ Repacker - refers to any establishment that repacks a finished product into smaller
quantities in a separate container and/or secondary packaging, including but not limited to
relabeling, stickering, and bundling for promo packs with the end view of storage, distribution, or
sale of the product.
• Qualified Person - refers to an organic or full-time employee of the establishment who possess
technical competence related to the establishment's activities and health products by virtue of his
profession, training or experience. A qualified person has the responsibility to comply with the
technical requirements of the FDA or discuss or clarify matters with the FDA when submitting
technical requirements or engage the FDA officials when conducting inspection or post-market
surveillance activities. The qualified person may also be the duly Authorized Person of the
establishment.
• Refurbished Medical Device - refers to the medical device of which the whole or any part
thereof has been substantially rebuilt, whether or not using parts from one or more used medical
devices of that same kind, so as to create a medical device that can be used for the purpose
originally intended by the product owner of the original medical device, and which may have had
the following work carried out on it: a.) stripping into component parts or subassemblies; b.)
checking their suitability for reuse; c.) replacement of components/sub-assemblies not suitable for
reuse; d.) assembly of the reclaimed and/or replacement components/sub-assemblies; e.) testing
of the assembled device against either original or revised release criteria; or f.) identifying an
assembled medical device as a refurbished medical device. (ASEAN Medical Device Directive,
2015)
• Risk Management Plan - refers to the document that contains the details on how to identify,
characterize, prevent or minimize the risk relating to the products that the establishment is engaged
in. It shall include post-market surveillance activities and interventions to manage identified risks.
• Site Master File - refers to the specific information about the quality assurance the production
and/or quality control of manufacturing operations carried out at the named site and any closely
integrated operations at adjacent and nearby buildings. If only part of an operation is carried out on
the site, a Site Master File need only describe those operations, e.g. analysis, packaging, etc.
• Proof of registration
• Photocopy of Notarized Fixed Asset & Operating Capital or Financial Statement (new requirement)
• Location Plan
• Floor Plan
• Tentative list of food products to be manufactured or distributed identified on its classification and category
• Facsimile of Proposed Label (for local manufacturer) / sample label of product to be imported or a digital
image of the document in an FDA-approved file type.
• Specific Requirements
• Application Form (web-based form) Among other information, the applicant shall provide the following
information: Location Plan. Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates. Name of the Qualified Person.
• List your references, including their name, job title, company, and contact information, with a space
in between each reference.
• Include at least three professional references who can attest to your ability to perform the job you
are applying for.
• Record Books Duly Registered with FDA - Prescription Book, Senior Citizen's, Persons with Disability
• Utensils, Apparatus and Other equipments - FDA review teams thoroughly examine all of the
submitted data related to the drug or device and make a decision to approve or not to approve
it.
• Personnel - (a) Each person engaged in the manufacture, processing, packing, or holding of a drug product
shall have education, training, and experience, or any combination thereof, to enable that person to perform
the assigned functions. Training shall be in the particular operations that the employee performs and in
current good manufacturing practice (including the current good manufacturing practice regulations in this
chapter and written procedures required by these regulations) as they relate to the employee's functions.
Training in current good manufacturing practice shall be conducted by qualified individuals on a continuing
basis and with sufficient frequency to assure that employees remain familiar with CGMP requirements
applicable to them. (b) Each person responsible for supervising the manufacture, processing, packing, or
holding of a drug product shall have the education, training, and experience, or any combination thereof, to
perform assigned functions in such a manner as to provide assurance that the drug product has the safety,
identity, strength, quality, and purity that it purports or is represented to possess. (c) There shall be an
adequate number of qualified personnel to perform and supervise the manufacture, processing, packing, or
holding of each drug product.
License Required
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Republic Act No. 6675 (1988). Official Gazette. Retrieved from https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1988/09/13/republic-
act-no-6675/
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