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Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy Notes: Chapter List
Chapter 1: Hospital PharmacyChapter 2: Different Committees in the HospitalChapter 3: Supply Chain and Inventory ControlChapter 4: Drug DistributionChapter 5: Compounding in HospitalsChapter 6: RadiopharmaceuticalsChapter 7: Application of Computers in Hospital PharmacyChapter 8: Clinical PharmacyChapter 9: Clinical Laboratory Tests Used in Evaluation of Disease StatesChapter 10: Poisoning and Drug/Poison Information CentreChapter 11: PharmacovigilanceChapter 12: Medication Errors and Drug Interactions
Chapter-wise Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy Syllabus and PDF Downloads
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Chapter 1: Hospital Pharmacy
- Definition, scope, national and international scenario
- Organisational structure
- Professional responsibilities, qualifications and experience, job specifications, workload requirements and interprofessional relationships
- Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) in hospitals
- Hospital Pharmacy Standards: FIP Basel Statements and AHSP
- Introduction to NABH accreditation and the role of pharmacists
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Chapter 2: Different Committees in the Hospital
- Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee: objectives, composition and functions
- Hospital Formulary: definition, development procedure and use
- Infection Control Committee: pharmacist’s role in preventing antimicrobial resistance
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Chapter 3: Supply Chain and Inventory Control
- Preparation of drug lists: high-risk, emergency, Schedule H1, NDPS and reserved antibiotics
- Drug purchasing: selection, short-term and long-term purchasing, tender/e-tender process and quotations
- Inventory control: Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), reorder quantity/level and inventory turnover
- Central Drug Store inventory management: storage conditions and methods, distribution, cold-chain maintenance, refrigerators, ILRs, walk-in cold rooms, FEFO and FIFO methods
- Expiry-drug removal and disposal, including narcotics
- Purchase and inventory documentation
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Chapter 4: Drug Distribution
- Inpatient and outpatient distribution: definition, advantages and disadvantages of individual prescription order, floor-stock, unit-dose and drug-basket methods
- Drug distribution to ICCU, ICU, NICU and emergency wards
- Automated drug-dispensing systems and devices
- Distribution and storage of narcotic and psychotropic substances
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Chapter 5: Compounding in Hospitals
- Bulk compounding
- IV admixture services and incompatibilities
- Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
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Chapter 6: Radiopharmaceuticals
- Storage, dispensing and disposal of radiopharmaceuticals
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Chapter 7: Application of Computers in Hospital Pharmacy
- Applications of computers in hospital pharmacy practice
- Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
- Software used in hospital pharmacy
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Chapter 8: Clinical Pharmacy
- Definition, scope and development in India and other countries
- Technical definitions and common clinical terms and their significance, including paediatrics, geriatrics, antenatal care and post-natal care
- Daily clinical pharmacist activities: ward-round participation, treatment-chart review, adverse drug reaction monitoring, drug and poison information, medication history, patient counselling and interprofessional collaboration
- Pharmaceutical care: definition, classification of drug-related problems, principles and procedure; Medication Therapy Management and Home Medication Review
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Chapter 9: Clinical Laboratory Tests Used in Evaluation of Disease States
- Significance and interpretation of haematological, liver function, renal function and thyroid function tests
- Tests associated with cardiac disorders
- Fluid and electrolyte balance
- Pulmonary Function Tests
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Chapter 10: Poisoning and Drug/Poison Information Centre
- Types of poisoning, clinical manifestations and antidotes
- Drug and Poison Information Centre: definition, services and requirements
- Information resources with examples, advantages and disadvantages
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Chapter 11: Pharmacovigilance
- Definition, aim and scope
- Overview of pharmacovigilance
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Chapter 12: Medication Errors and Drug Interactions
- Medication errors: definition, types, consequences and strategies to minimise errors
- Look-Alike, Sound-Alike (LASA) drugs and Tall Man lettering as per ISMP
- Drug interactions: definition, types and clinical significance
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