Responsibility of Pharmacist.........pptx

Responsibility of Pharmacist.pptx

1. Professional Responsibilities of Community Pharmacist By – Dheeraj Chechare Lecturer PRES’s College of Pharmacy (D & B.Pharm ), Nashik .

2. Definition Community pharmacist is the professional who dispenses medicines with a prescription and in certain cases without a prescription where applicable (OTC drugs ).

3. Role of community pharmacist in ensuring better healthcare Health is a word very familiar to us but it also carries a lot of complications and problems. According to the World Health Organization, health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely absence of any illness. To make the above definition of health practical we have to depend upon a “health care team”.

4. Professional responsibilities of the Community Pharmacist 1) Processing prescriptions Checking the prescription from the doctor and preparing the medication for the patient . 2) Checking for drug interactions Making sure that the medications and doses are appropriate for the patient considering health factors and other medications.

5. 3) Dispensing medications Labeling the medication correctly with instructions for the patient about how to take the medication. 4) Disposing of medication Taking unneeded medications from patients and disposing of them safely. 5) Patient counseling Helping patients to understand their health and medicines and giving appropriate advice.

6. 6) Chronic disease control A community pharmacist can encourage patient to avail themselves of the few proven techniques in chronic disease prevention. Good living habits and moderate exercise have been recommended as method of preventing cardiovascular diseases.

7. 7) Nutrition Counseling & Health Education Community pharmacist can make, significant contributions in assuring adequate nutrition by advising his patients about basic food needs, keeping to correct improper food habits in children, advising on special requirements, suggesting special diet instructions for diabetic patients and people with food allergy and participating in school lunch programs and schemes like mid-day meals etc.

8. 8) Rational Use of Drugs A community pharmacist can also advice on the administration of the medication, provide information on the storage of the medication and wherever necessary he can counsel the patient. Education regarding the disadvantage of poly pharmacy can also be given to the patient. Drug information system should be set up and access to adverse drug reaction system should be made. A community pharmacist should do therapeutic drug monitoring and he should have a knowledge of genotype reporting.

9. 9) Communicable Diseases Communicable diseases like tuberculosis, syphilis and gonorrhea are still common, and certain viral diseases like herpes genitalis and AIDs have been recognized as very serious. HIV drugs are expensive and beyond the reach of common man. So community pharmacist can educate people in the prevention and information of HIV/AIDS. The role of pharmacist in the control of communicable diseases consists of an awareness of the natural history of these diseases in both the individual and the community.

10. 10) Immunization Pharmacists can promote proper immunization by identifying patients in need of immunization. Tasks that support this objective include gathering immunization histories, encouraging use of vaccine profiles, issuing vaccination records to patients, preventing immunologic drug interactions.

11. 11) Fluoridation of community water supplies Water fluoridation is the controlled adjustment of fluoride to a public water supply solely to reduce tooth decay. 12) Poisoning and cancer signals Morbidity and mortality related to acute poisoning is a major public health issue in both developing and developed countries. Community pharmacist must be able to identify the common signs and symptoms of cancer. As readily accessible health care professionals, community pharmacists are in the best position to include cancer-screening initiatives into their practice.

12. 13) Family Planning One of the greatest needs of the hour is to control the tremendously increasing population in India. A community pharmacist is the one who can control this rising population by counseling with people and doing programs which exhibit the problems related with large families.

13. Definition of Good Pharmacy Practice Definition of Good Pharmacy Practice GPP is the practice of pharmacy that responds to the needs of the people who use the pharmacists services to provide optimal, evidence-based care. To support this practice it is essential that there be an established national framework of quality standards and guidelines.

14. Requirements of good pharmacy practice i . GPP requires that a pharmacist’s first concern in all settings is the welfare of patients. ii. GPP requires that the core of the pharmacy activity is to help patients make the best use of medicines. iii. GPP requires that an integral part of the pharmacist’s contribution is the promotion of rational and economic prescribing, as well as dispensing.

15. Standard operating procedures- Standard operating procedures are often referred to as ‘SOPs’ and include all the written protocols and procedures in place within a pharmacy. They state the way that the pharmacy expects tasks to be carried out to ensure provision of a quality service. They include, for example, the questions that must be asked of a patient so that his or her needs can be correctly identified and appropriate action taken.

16. Objectives Of Development Of SOPs 1. Enhance the quality of the services provided by the Pharmacist. 2. Promote uniformity in the services provided 3. Eliminate operational errors in pharmaceutical care delivery services. 4. Elevate the status of pharmacists and enhance their motivation for better performance.

17. Advantages of SOPs 1) They can assist with quality assurance, ensuring that patients receive a service that meets certain predefined standards. 2) They ensure consistency, which helps to maintain the level of service offered and therefore maintain good pharmaceutical practice at all times. 3) They set out clear lines of accountability, ensuring that staffs are aware of their own responsibilities. 4) They are useful templates in the training of new staff. 5) They provide additional information for the audit process.

18. Preparation of SOPs Objectives: 1) To maintain good patient relations. 2) To ensure that the prescription form presented relates to the named patient. 3) To ensure safe dispensing. 4) To ensure that details on the reverse of a prescription form are correctly filled out, and any applicable fee is collected. 5) To ensure effective communication between patient and pharmacist.

19. Scope: The reception of all NHS prescription forms brought into the pharmacy by patients or their representatives Prescription forms received in bulk (prescription form collection service) or those received by telephone call are excluded from this SOP.

20. Stages of the Process:1 ) Greet patient in friendly manner. 2) Check name and address of the patient (rewriting it if handwritten and unclear) 3) Check that the prescription form is filled out correctly 4) If the prescription form is for a child, check the age or date of birth is specified. 5) Collect any prescription charge(s) and indicate this on the prescription form.

21. 6) Indicate whether or not the patient or patient’s representative is waiting or calling back and whether or not the patient or patient’s representative has requested to see the pharmacist. 7) Pass the prescription form through to the dispensary for prompt processing.

22. Responsibility: All staff members working on the medicines counter.

23. Thank You..