Chapter 1

• Hospital  Pharmacy
• Definition, scope, national and international scenario
• Organisational structure
• Professional responsibilities, Qualification and experience requirements, job specifications, work load requirements and inter professional relationships
• Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) in hospital
• Hospital Pharmacy Standards (FIP Basel Statements, AHSP)
• Introduction to NAQS guidelines and NABH Accreditation and Role of Pharmacists

Chapter 2

• Different Committees in the Hospital
• Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee – Objectives, Composition, and functions
• Hospital Formulary – Definition, procedure for development and use of hospital formulary
• Infection Control Committee – Role of Pharmacist in preventing Antimicrobial Resistance

Chapter 3

• Supply Chain and Inventory Control
• Preparation of Drug lists – High Risk drugs, Emergency drugs, Schedule H1 drugs, NDPS drugs, reserved
• antibiotics
• Procedures of Drug Purchases – Drug selection, short term, long term, and tender/e-tender process, quotations,
• etc.
• Inventory control techniques: Economic Order Quantity, Reorder Quantity Level, Inventory Turnover etc.
• Inventory Management of Central Drug Store – Storage conditions, Methods of storage, Distribution, Maintaining Cold Chain, Devices used for cold storage (Refrigerator, ILR, Walk-in-Cold rooms)
• FEFO, FIFO methods
• Expiry drug removal and handling, and disposal. Disposal of Narcotics, cytotoxic drugs
• Documentation – purchase and inventory

Chapter 4

• Drug distribution
• Drug distribution (in- patients and out – patients) – Definition, advantages and disadvantages of individual prescription order method, Floor Stock Method, Unit Dose
• Drug Distribution Method, Drug Basket Method.
• Distribution of drugs to ICCU/ICU/NICU/Emergency wards.
• Automated drug dispensing systems and devices
• Distribution of Narcotic and Psychotropic substances and their storage

Chapter 5

• Compounding in Hospitals. Bulk compounding, IV admixture services and incompatibilities, Total parenteral nutrition

Chapter 6

• Radio Pharmaceuticals – Storage, dispensing and disposal of radiopharmaceuticals

Chapter 7

• Application of computers in Hospital Pharmacy Practice,
• Electronic health records
• Softwares used in hospital  pharmacy

Chapter 8

• Clinical Pharmacy: Definition, scope, and development – in India and other countries
• Technical definitions, common terminologies used in clinical settings and their significance such as Paediatrics, Geriatric, Anti-natal Care, Post-natal Care, etc.
• Daily activities of clinical pharmacists: Definition, goal, and procedure of
• Ward round participation
• Treatment Chart Review
• Adverse drug reaction monitoring
• Drug information and poisons information
• Medication history
• Patient counselling
• Interprofessional collaboration
• Pharmaceutical care: Definition, classification of drug related problems. Principles and procedure to provide pharmaceutical care
• Medication Therapy Management, Home Medication Review

Chapter 9

• Clinical laboratory tests used in the evaluation of diseasestates – significance and interpretation of test results
• Haematological, Liver function, Renal function, thyroid function tests
• Tests associated with cardiac disorders
• Fluid and electrolyte balance
• Pulmonary Function Tests

Chapter 10

• Poisoning: Types of poisoning: Clinical manifestations and Antidotes
• Drugs and Poison Information Centre and their services
• Definition, Requirements, Information resources with examples, and their advantages and disadvantages

Chapter 11

• Pharmacovigilance
• Definition, aim and scope
• Overview of Pharmacovigilance

Chapter 12

• Medication errors: Definition, types, consequences, and strategies to minimize medication errors, LASA drugs and Tallman lettering as per ISMP
• Drug Interactions: Definition, types, clinical significance of drug interactions