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 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

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 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

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 Compounding in Hospitals. Bulk compounding, IV admixture services and incompatibilities, Total parenteral nutrition Radio Pharmaceuticals - Storage, dispensing and disposal of radiopharmaceuticals Application of computers in Hospital Pharmacy Practice, Electronic health records, Softwares used in hospital pharmacy

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

Clinical laboratory tests used in the evaluation of disease states - 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 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 6 12 Pharmacovigilance  Definition, aim and scope  Overview of Pharmacovigilance 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