The hospital which was named after the late father of Macabebe Mayor Annette Flores-

Balgan was constructed for the people of Macabebe who were less fortunate and do not
have the means for their health needs.
Almost P14 million pesos were spent by the Provincial Government for the construction
of hospital and rehabilitation with the old building which was formerly named
Macabebe District Hospital.
Aside from the construction and rehabilitation of the hospital, Governor Pineda,
allocated additional 3 million pesos for the instruments and hospital requirements for
the health needs of the people of Macabebe and their neighboring towns.
BATASAN, MACABEBE, PAMPANGA

25 BED CAPACITY

GOVERNMENT OWNED; LEVEL 1

 Questionnaire

ANSWERED BY
Kristina Margarita Polintan Bautista,RPh
1. What are the problems you may encounter being a
hospital pharmacist?
a. Lack if man power : pharmacist and
pharmacy aide
b. Late deliveries of items/ Wrong deliveries
of stocks
c. Lack of stock room space
d. Lack of computer and printers
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being
a hospital pharmacist rather than in a community and
manufacturing pharmacy?
Advantages Disadvantages
Community Pharmacist – more Community Pharmacist – if the
in dispensing & checking of Rx is not readable you can’t
stocks available confirm the prescription
Manufacturing Pharmacist – physician regarding the Rx
Correct and exact computation
Manufacturing Pharmacist – if
of Medication
Hospital Pharmacist – patients
wrong computation of medicine
that are examined inside & Hospital Pharmacist – When
outside the hospital will be wrong dispensing happens, then
encountered and served ADR occurs
3. How do you keep yourself up to date with pharmacy
practice?

By attending seminars and annual conventions

and trainings.

4. What are the abilities and competences required for a

hospital pharmacist?

Must be a registered pharmacist with

trainings/ seminar/master’s degree
5. What do you consider the most problematic
situations that can occur in a pharmacy?

When Adverse Drug Reaction of medication

occurs

6. Imagine an angry customer, and a ignorant customer.

How would you deal with them?

Thru calm explanation or patient counselling

to every patient being served
7. What are the things that you’ve sacrificed in order
you to achieve your position right now?
-I’d sacrifice 25 years, am the only on duty in
the pharmacy but am not expecting that
position will be mine someday.
8. How will you react if one of your pharmacist
dispensed a wrong drug?
-Disappointed, but willing to remind every
time or duty to check correctly the Rx of the
patient
9. What advices can you give to those aspiring future
pharmacist who wants to be in the field of hospital
pharmacy?
-It doesn’t matter how slow you go, as long as
you don’t stop
10. What things do you need to assure yourself about
before dispensing prescription medicines to a customer?

-Be sure to read the prescription correctly

before dispensing the medication. If you don’t
understand the prescription make sure to ask
the physician to avoid wrong dispensing
11. Give an example of a time when you were
overwhelmed with work. How did you handle the
situation?
- I am overwhelmed with my work when
additional pharmacist were detailed in the
pharmacy to assist some work in the
pharmacy by designating to them their work
area and schedule time within the work
 EXERCISE 3
HOSPITAL PHARMACY DEPARTMENT
 MISSION
- To promote safe and effective use of
medication
- To improve “The health care and well being
of our patients”
- To improve “PATIENT CARE” and quality of
life by enhancing and by collaborating with
our health care professionals

VISION
We are “ The dynamic team of Pharmacist” hat
binds a network of our hospital employees,
unified in promoting medication safety and
recognized as “ VITAL PARTNERS” in the health
care team of DOMINGO B. FLORES DISTRICT
HOSPITAL
What are the function of Hospital Pharmacy
- Has more opportunity to interact closely w/ the prescriber
and therefore to promote to the rational prescribing and use
of drug.
- Having access to medical records in in a position to
influence the relation of drugs and dosage regimen, to
maintain patient compliance and therapeutic response to
drug and to recognized and report ADR.
- Can more easily assess than Community Pharmacy and
monitor pattern of drug usage and thus recommend
damages when necessary
What are the factors involved in designing the
pharmacy in a hospital?
Recent attention in health care has been on the actual
architectural design of a hospital facility, including its
technology and equipment and its effect on patient safety.
To address the problem of errors in health care and serious
safety issues, fundamental changes of health care processes,
culture and the physical environment are necessary and
need to be aligned, so that the caregivers and the resources
that support them are set up for enabling safe care
Explain the abilities and competence required for
a hospital pharmacist.
Pharmacist can significantly increase the quality of the
treatment by providing care that is multidisciplinary,
collaborate and focused on the patient. Indicators of expert
competences precisely define just from competent the
pharmacist is in the promotion of health and informing and
advising patient on the prevention treatment and control of
illness.
Enumerate the objective of hospital pharmacy
- To promote or plan, organize and implement the
policies of the pharmacy
- To maintain strict inventory of all items received
and issue
- To professionalize the functioning of the
pharmaceutical services in hospital
 EXERCISE 4
PHYSICAL PLANT, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
A medical laboratory or clinical
laboratory is a laboratory where
tests are usually done on clinical
specimens in order to obtain
information about the health of a
patient as pertaining to the
diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention of disease
 group of highly trained
professionaals with
international expertise in the
imaging of musculoskeletal
condition
Medical Record Section is one of the
component parts of the hospital which have
more responsibilities to provided data of the
hospital services of the patients care. Medical
record considered as a clinical, scientific, and
administrative as legal documents relating to
patient care.
a room in a patient care unit, usually in a
hospital, in which various treatments or
procedures requiring special equipment are
performed, such as removing sutures,
draining a hematoma, packing a wound, or
performing an examination.
Describe the physical plant and facilities used in hospital
pharmacy

Physical plant refers to the necessary

infrastructure used in support and maintains of a
given facility. It refers to location and physical
space adequate pharmaceutical and
administrative facilities in one of minimum
required standard for pharmacies.
Reference Materials

• USP
• PNDF (Philippine National Drug
Formulary)
• MIMS (Master Index of Medical
Specialities)
• Remington: The Science and Practice of
Pharmacy
• Hospital Formulary
 EXERCISE 7
MANAGEMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL
An institutional pharmacy materials
management program includes what?
Procurement
Drug storage and inventory
control, Repackaging,
Labeling considerations,
Distribution systems, and
Recapture and disposal.
An institutional pharmacy materials
management program includes what?
Procurement
Drug storage and inventory
control, Repackaging,
Labeling considerations,
Distribution systems, and
Recapture and disposal.
Purchase Order

A purchase order (PO) is a commercial

document and first official offer issued by a
buyer to a seller, indicating types, quantities,
and agreed prices for products or services. It is
used to control the purchasing of products and
services from external suppliers.
PURCHASING AND INVENTORY CONTROL
STEP IN BUDGET PREPARATION

Update budget assumptions.

Review bottlenecks
Available funding.
Step costing points.
Create budget package.
Issue budget package..
Obtain revenue forecast.
Obtain department budgets.
Obtain capital budget requests.
Update the budget model.
Review the budget.
Process budget iterations.
Load the budget.
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

The primary function of inventory is to use

marketing and production to increase
profitability, to get the maximum amount
for the business' investment. There are
other functions of inventory, such as
balancing supply and demand, improving
efficiency, establishing a safety stock and
geographical specialization.
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE BUDGET TO BE USEFUL AND EFFECTIVE

- It is expressed in quantitative or monetary terms.

- It is prepared for a fixed period of time It is prepared before the period in

which it commences.

- Practical to implement.

- It spells out the objects and the policies to be pursued in order to

achieve the objective of the organisation.

- Many people are involved in drawing up a budget.

- Flexible enough to allow changes in the changing environment.

- Prepared on the basis of established standards of performance.

- Analysis of cost and revenues.

- On the basis of budget report performance of the organisation is

constantly monitored.