Organization structure of hospital pharmacy

1. By
HARISH. R
B.PHARMACY (VIII-Semester)

2. Hospital Pharmacy is an area of a hospital where pharmacists distribute
prescription medicine to patients.
Hospital Pharmacy may also be defined as a department in which the
drugs are procured, preserved, stored, compounded, assayed,
manufactured, dispensed, packaged and distributed to inpatients and
outpatients by professionally competent and legally qualified
pharmacists.

3.  Hospital Pharmacy should be located in an area that is convenient for
providing service to the different departments and personnel who
make daily use of such service.
 Hospital Pharmacy should be located on the ground floor to avoid the
inconvenience to the persons who are availing the facility of
pharmacy.
 Storage of drugs in the basement is not recommended because of
difficulties in controlling the optimum conditions of storage.

4.  Practising pharmacy in a professional and ethical manner.
 Applying organizational skills in the practice of pharmacy
 Dispensing drugs as per the prescription of the medical staff of the hospital.
 Managing various activities of stores such as purchase of drugs, proper
storage conditions and maintenance of records.
 Inspecting all pharmaceutical supplies
 Promoting and contributing to the rational use of medicines.
 Providing counselling services while dispensing drugs especially for
outpatients.

5. RESEARCH
DISPENSING MANUFACTURING
PURCHASING &
INVENTORY CONTROL
STATISTICS AND
REPORTS
TEACHING CONTROL
OUTDOOR PATIENT
INPATIENT
MEDICAL, SURGICAL & LABORATORY SUPPLIES
WARD OR FLOOR STOCK
ALCOHOL
•BULK
•LARGEVOLUME
PARENTERALS
•SMALLVOLUME
PARENTERALS

7. Rxreceived by pharmacist
Filling of prescription
selection
labelling
pricing
Dispensed to patient
Receipt of payment Prescription filed
Free Cash Charge
Statistics and reports
Regular prescription
file
Narcotic prescription
file

9.  In Smaller hospital with one pharmacist , only one room is required for pharmacy
having a combination of dispensing, manufacturing, administrative and all other
sections of complete pharmaceutical service.
 In Larger hospital with 200 or more beds, departmentalization of pharmacy
activity is required.
 For sterile products, there should be a separate room or area.
 A Separate area is required for
1. Inpatient services and unit dose dispensing
2. Outpatient service
3. An Office for the chief pharmacist
4. A Compounding room

10. 5. Prepacking and Labelling room
6. A Store room
7. Sterile products room