PHARMACY

Hospital pharmacy departments are embedded in hospital sites and are an integral part of patient care in hospitals.

A hospital pharmacy department typically comprises of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, who undertake a variety of clinical and non-clinical tasks including:

procuring, compounding and dispensing medicines
advising healthcare professionals and patients on safe, effective and quality use of medicines.

Hospital pharmacy departments usually consist of:

inpatient and outpatient dispensaries
manufacturing and compounding facilities
drug information services
Quality use of Medicine services
stewardship services
clinical trial services.