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Pharmacy
The goal of the pharmacy
department is to be an advocate of quality patient care to improve patient
healthcare out comes and also the pharmacy goal is to spread knowledge and update the information about
meds... To assure that patients receive the best and most appropriate
medication therapy. (5) Unit Dose
Our values: Knowledge- it is the responsibility of all pharmacy staff to share and spread knowledge, information, and skill to ensure patient safety and education whenever needed. Respect- all pharmacy staff must exhibit positive & professional attitude by showing respect for colleagues, patients and community. Teamwork- lends energy needed to help ordinary people achieve extraordinary results. Innovation- creativeness and awareness of new current system should be adapted at all times. Care- with constant care and a shower of love will have a distinctive difference in every nature of work. Quality- quality in all what we do to assure service satisfaction to the right patient at the right time on the first time. Commitment- pharmacy staff shall commit to patient satisfaction, and safety with full commitment and loyalty to our hospital and community we are serving. Attitude- we must consistently exhibit a positive attitude. This includes our appearance, conversation, and products and services provided. Responsibility- every member of the pharmacy staff is fully responsible on the job he does, and always remembers he is a member of a TQM system (Total quality management).
THE
OUTPATIENT PHARMACIES
A prescription is received from a patient and processed through the hospital computerized dispensing system. Through this, a patient medical history could be checked upon dispensing and monitor duplicate of therapy. Prescriptions are reviewed and filled as per physician’s instructions and in accordance with various pharmaceutical considerations. Each prescription is labeled to clearly identify the drug, indicate the quantity dispensed and provide clear instructions to the patients regarding appropriate use of the drug.
The Bagedo Pharmacy located just beside the Emergency Room in the 2nd building ground floor, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from Saturday to Friday including national holidays. The Company Pharmacy located on the ground floor of the 2nd building at the back of the main reception hall near OPD clinics, open from 0900- 0100 the next morning from Saturday to Thursday, and 1400- 2200 Fridays.
The Derma Pharmacy is located
in the ground floor of the 3rd building near the Physiotherapy clinics, open
from 0900- 0100 and then 1700- 2100, Saturdays to Thursdays only and is closed
on Fridays.
THE
INPATIENT PHARMACY
THE UNIT
DOSE DISPENSING SYSTEM: 2. Provide medications for new admission and discharging patients. 3. Checking and controlling the crash carts in all hospital to assure of availability of right meds with right quantity & expiration. 4. Provide in service educational update to other healthcare workers regarding drug safety & handling. (The pharmacy has passed the MRQP standard with high marks for year 2005.) 5. Patient and family education is provided by the pharmacists in lieu of drug interactions, food-drug interactions for patients ready for discharge.
THE I.V. ROOM:
The IV room has a good number
of staff has been trained in handling and preparing the Total Parenteral
Nutrition (TPN) and IV Admixture Compounding.
ONCOLOGY: This auxiliary service is provided in conjunction with the Jeddah Cancer Center. A pharmacist from the inpatient pharmacy has been designated to oversee the oncology preparations in the clean room of the Cancer Center. The inpatient pharmacy has played an important role in assuring the sterility and efficacy of each cytotoxic preparation.
DRUG INFORMATION CENTER: The Drug Information Center (DIC) has been conceived due to the increasing demand for drug information provision from the physicians, nurses, dentists and other medical and non medical staff of the hospital. This is to provide the correct information for every query towards a scientific and concise answer. The Center is complete with Internet connections, medical and pharmaceutical references to aid in answering the day to day queries. NARCOTIC PHARMACY: The Narcotic Pharmacy, a division of the pharmacy department which takes a vital role in securing sufficient narcotics and controlled medications for the entire hospital. It complies with the strict rules and guidelines imposed by the Ministry of Health (MOH). It is open 0800- 1600, Saturday to Thursday, and is closed on Fridays.
DRUGSTORE
Dr. Erfan & Bagedo Hospital Drugstore has pharmaceutical products and items that ranges from all therapeutic classifications to cosmetics. This includes Antibiotics, Hypertensive & Diabetic preparations, Anti-Psychotic & Anti- Depressant Drugs, Neurological medications, Nutrition & Cosmetics, Hormones & Endocrine drugs, OB-Gyne products, Cytotoxic & Chemotherapeutic drugs and a lot more. Drugstore Department has specialized in all areas of concerned specialization depending on the need of each medical department. You can find here all hard to find items which cannot be located easily in the whole Kingdom. We can say that we have completed almost of all drug products that are available in the market.
Mainly, Drugstore is the one supplying all the needs of all Pharmacy Areas, from Inpatient Pharmacy to Outpatient Pharmacy. They are making their requisitions 3 times weekly, on alternate days, to accommodate their demands on daily basis. Upon arrival of out-of-stock drugs, drugstore usually informed them so they can order it immediately and have the stock on hand at once.
All Inpatient units and Outpatient units also acquire their floor
stocks from the Room, ICU, Telemetry, Surgery, OR,
Neurology, Psychiatry, OB-Gyne, Pediatrics, and all OPD clinics.
Their request is done daily based on the stock needed.
The Drugstore Manager also processes drug Formulary Addition, before a drug product be included in the Hospital Formulary, a procedure and evaluation is done. After several steps and conclusions, after papers and documents are completed, signed and submitted from the Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee, then a new drug would be considered in the Formulary. Medical Purchasing and Store
To provide the logistical needs in terms
of medical supplies. Such as disposable and non-disposable items to all
units, staff and department of the hospital. Go To Top |
The Outpatient Pharmacy
(Bagedo, Company and Derma Pharmacies) provides medications for ambulatory
clinic patients and employees. It is the goal of the department to educate
patients by counselling them on the proper usage of medications to maximize
benefits and minimize tasks.
The dispensing pharmacist
instructs each patient about proper use, precautions, and other related
information regarding his/her medications. The pharmacist checks each filled
prescription for accuracy and completeness before instructing the patient in the
drug’s use.
The Inpatient Pharmacy plays a
vital role in the continued delivery of quality pharmaceutical care for admitted
patients in the nursing units. They provide patient and family counselling,
medication monitoring for the hospitals, inspection of emergency crash carts and
other similar services which makes the Inpatient Pharmacy different from the
Outpatient Pharmacies. The Inpatient Pharmacy is equipped with computerized data
system and its services are divided into the Unit Dose Dispensing System, IV
Admixture Room and the Oncology and Drug Information Center services. Each plays
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