Services

The diversified features of pharmacy services are made possible with the high-tech equipment, continuously updated medical/pharmaceutical literature, research, education and competent staff. This ranges from extemporaneously compounded medicines to very unique cytotoxic admixtures. Electronic data processing has become an important tool for providing pharmacy services to in-patient and ambulatory patients. It provides computerised unit dose drug distribution, chemo drug mixing and offers both centralised and decentralised approaches. For each order entered into the computer, the system provides pharmacists with warnings of therapeutic duplications, drug-drug interaction, and screening for allergies, contraindications and potentially sub-therapeutic or toxic doses. Following are the services offered:

• Centralised and decentralised satellite pharmacies;
• Computerised Physician Order Entry (POE);
• Computerised unit dose drug distribution;
• Home health care;
• Clinical pharmacy (Point of Care Pharmacist);
• Ambulatory care pharmacies / off-site pharmacies;
• Drug and Poison Information Services;
• IV-Admixture programme;
• Sterile compounding and special formulations;
• Cytotoxic drug mixing and day-care oncology;
• Total parenteral nutrition services;
• Extemporaneous compounding;
• Staff development and educational programmes;
• Quality Assurance Programme.

Pharmacy is committed to providing progressive patient care oriented pharmacy services which meet the challenges of an expanding institution and a growing community. AKUH formulary is a comprehensive compilation of drugs representing all therapeutic modalities. The formulary is approved by the Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee of the Hospital, an apex body dealing with all issues related to prescribing, dispensing and monitoring of drugs.