Unit details
The Pharmacy Service is a Clinical Central Service which aims to ensure the quality, support and maximum benefit of the pharmacotherapeutic process for our patients. The pharmacy service can be considered a functional unit with a double role: on the one hand, resource management, and on the other hand, patient care.
In the Pharmacy Service, there are separate areas for:
- Logistics management
Procurement of medicines and medical supplies
Storage of medicines and medical supplies
Returning medicines
Control of medicine and medical supplies expiration dates
- Clinical and economic management
Economic management of medicines and medical supplies
Management of orders, delivery notes and invoices
Monthly analysis of the hospital’s medicine and medical supplies expenses
- Distribution
Distribution of medicines to floors through a UDDDS (unit dose drug distribution system)
Distribution of medicines and medical supplies through replacement kits
Dispensing of drugs to outpatients
- Preparation
Preparation of liquid pharmaceuticals: topical, oral, and rectal
- Evaluation of medicines
Selection of medicines and medical supplies for the hospital through the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Establishment of criteria for using medications
Design and development of therapeutic protocols
- Drug and medical supplies information center
Consultation for information on medicines and medical supplies
Therapeutic consultations
Information on drug interactions
Information on adverse drug effects
- Security
Management of drug alerts
Management of medical device alerts
Expiration alerts
Record of medication errors
Processing of yellow cards
Incident log
- Optimizing individualized therapy
Validation of electronic medical prescription
Evaluating drug interactions
Evaluating therapeutic duplications
- Participation in clinical committees and working groups
Pharmacy and Hospital Therapeutics Commission
Clinical-Therapeutic Concordance Commission
Transfusion and Blood Products Commission
Quality Commission
- Human resources
2 Pharmacy technicians
1 Specialist pharmacist in hospital pharmacy