Clinical Pharmacist

• Rational use of drugs

Consultation regarding selection of drug, dose, route, dosage form, schedule and duration

• To provide Information regarding

Drug action, drug kinetics

Drug interactions (drug-drug, food-drug)

Contraindications and special precautions

Management of patients on polytherapy (multiple medications)

• To ensure and monitor drug safety

Adverse drug reaction (ADR) monitoring

• Hospital Drug Formulary

To initiate, co-ordinate and accomplish the task of forming our own drug formulary

• Hospital Surveys

Suggestions to improve the quality of patient management (drug prescription, dispensing, administration, outcome) in various units/departments (according to JCI standards)

Drug utilization studies, drug audits (mainly antimicrobials) in ICUs to know the pattern of antimicrobial prescription vs microbial growth and sensitivity. This will help in control of antimicrobial resistance