In this era of advanced science and technology‚ quality use of medication is garnering increased attention. This is especially so in the government sector which has identified quality use of medication as a chief factor in ensuring reduced cost and quality healthcare in order to make the best possible use of medicines so as to improve health outcomes.[1] Quality use of medicine involves careful selection of management options wisely either by healthcare practitioner or the consumer‚ choosing suitable
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certain medication should be prescribed. It also includes certain side effects of medications and what medical staff and patients need to be aware of when taking and administrating certain drugs. Pharmacists learn a great deal about this when in pharmacy school. It is very important to know about all aspects of medications especially in a hospital setting. Pharmacists are the double check system to make sure that the right medication is given to the patient to treat their problem. An example of
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the Institutionalization and Decentralization of the Department of Health Drug Consignment System‚ the advantages of the said system are: 1. It will enhance the availability of low cost‚ high quality drugs and medicines in DOH hospital pharmacies‚ without entailing additional cost or investment on the part of the government; 2. The income the Hospital will earn from the direst sales of these drug products may be used for the improvement of hospital operations‚ thereby improving healthcare
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counter in shops‚ supermarkets and pharmacies e.g. Ibuprofen These medications have been assessed as being safe for the general public to obtain without an increased risk of causing any harm. They are limited in their quantities and pack size‚ and are usually of a weaker strength. They must have all the correct dosage instructions on the packaging along with an information leaflet. Pharmacy medicines (P) – medications that can only be sold in pharmacies. These pharmacies should be registered and supervised
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classification system for medication The classification system relates to The Medicines Act 1968. The Act has three categories of medicine POM- Prescription only medication which you can get from your pharmacist but has to be prescribed by a practitioner. PO- Pharmacy Only medicines these can be purchased without a prescription. GSL- General Sales List these medicines can be brought from any shop without a prescription. 1.3 Explain how and why policies and procedures or agreed ways of working must reflect and
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Types of Drug Names Shellie Nash 11/3/12 HCP/210 Lequista Smith When working in pharmacy practice‚ it is important to know the different types of drug names‚ how they differ from each other and why one drug might be chosen over another. It is also important to have a working knowledge of what the different drugs are used for. Having this knowledge and understanding aids in the prevention of errors and allows us to explain the medication to the patient accurately. There are four
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met standards. Patients needed to find out if they pills they are taking are in the recall. All pharmacies recommend patients to check and see if their medicine is included in the recall before they take another dosage of their medicine. The patients do not have to do much as far as insurance purposes because they are automatically notified. If patient receives their medicine from the pharmacy they can swap out their pills there and mail order patients will
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chemist‚ and afterward recompense for them at the till‚ rather than involve all medicines to be behind a counter and for an associate to have to get what was asked for. The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain objected‚ and disputed that under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933‚ this was an illegal performance. Under s 18(1)‚ a pharmacist required to administer at the point where "the sale is effected"‚ when the product was one scheduled on the 1933 Act’s program of poisons. The Society disputed that
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This single copy is for your personal‚ non-commercial use only. For permission to reprint multiple copies or to order presentation-ready copies for distribution‚ contact CJHP at cjhpedit@cshp.ca PHARMACY PRACTICE Improving the Quality of Clinical Pharmacy Services: A Process to Identify and Capture High-Value “Quality Actions” Nicole Bruchet‚ Peter Loewen‚ and Jane de Lemos INTRODUCTION P atients are harmed and resources wasted because of underuse‚ overuse‚ and misuse of medications
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counter of a Pharmacy. To begin the journey of a Pharmacist they must start with the six intense years of college. They must have this to be considered a Pharmacist. They must take Calculus and Trigonometry‚ and also Chemistry and Physics. If it involves Math or Science a pharmacist has to take it. Pharmacists have to know it all. Some may even say that they know more than doctors do. Throughout their schooling the last two years are strictly Pharmacy School. Getting into pharmacy school is extremely
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