COMMUNITY

PHARMACY
FARM 34118
BY
SABRI HASHIM
L1 L4

DEFINITION
It is to serve societys need for both drug products and
pharmaceutical services.
- the dichotomy of the profession exists i.e. health
professionals + retailers.
- society need i.e. improve their quality of life.
- drug products i.e. prescribed and non-prescribed.
- pharmaceutical services i.e. care.

CONCEPT
Pharmacists are directly responsible to the patients for
drug products and pharmaceutical care regarding:
(a) COST- branded and generic drugs.
(b) QUALITY- on-going and expired drugs.
(c) RESULTS- prevent and treatment diseases.

ACTIVITIES
Discuss with the care-giver who presents a prescription
the following information:

1. Name + description of the medicines.

2. Dosage form, dose, route of administration +
duration of therapy.
3. Special directions + precautions for prep., adm.
+ use by patients.
4. Common or severe side-effects, adverse effects or
interactions + therapeutic contraindicated, if any.

ACTIVITIES ( CONTD.
5. Techniques for self-monitoring drug therapy.
6. Proper storage.
7. Prescription refill information.
8. Action to be taken in the event of a missed dose.

ACTIVITIES ( CONTD. 2 )
Collect, record and maintain the following
about patients.
1. Name, address, telephone number, date of
birth (or age) + gender.
2. Individual history liked disease state, known
allergies + drug reactions, devices + list of
medication.
3. Pharmacists comment relevant to the
individuals drug therapy.

ACTIVITIES ( CONTD.3 )
Counsel the patient; perform the following activities.
1. Interviews the patient/representative to obtain
information for entry into patient record, patient
profile or family health record.
2. Confirms and further clarifies the patient understanding of medication, dosage, dosage frequency + method of adm.

ACTIVITIES ( CONTD.4 )
3. Advises patient of potential drug-related or
health-related conditions which may develop
from the use of the medication- seek the other
medical care.
4. Consults with patients to identify symptoms
properly in order to advise patient for selfmedication.

ACTIVITIES (CONTD.5 )
Communication skills.
1. Refers patient to other health-care providers
and/or health resources where indicated.
2. Instructs patient in the use of medical or surgical appliances (eg. inhalers, colostomy bags,
trusses).

ACTIVITIES (CONTD.6)
3. Advises patients on personal health matters
( e.g. smoking, drug abuse, obese ).
4. Participates in appropriate community education
programs relating to health care and drugs
( e.g. drug abuse, alcoholism, hypertension ).

ACTIVITIES (CONTD.7)
Management of pharmacy.
1. Involves operational, personnel + financial.
2. Marketing, layout and design.
3. The delivery of the pharmaceutical care in a
community pharmacy setting.

PROFESSION GOALS
Pharmacists and educators agreed: More important
to look at patient-care outcomes i.e. the effect of the
intervention of the pharmacist on the health of the patient rather
than just the functions pharmacists perform.
With that in mind:
Pharmaceutical care is defined as The responsible
provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving
definite outcomes that improve a patients quality of
life.-by Hepler and Strand.

PROFESSION GOALS
(CONTD.1)
This pharmaceutical care will depend on the pharmacists quality of characters as follow:
A-attitude B-behavior C-commitment
D-concern E-ethic F-function K-knowledge
R-responsibilities and S-skills
on the provision of a patients drug therapy.

PROFESSION GOALS
(CONTD.2)
Then pharmacists decision: To
1. Avoid 2. Initiate 3. Maintain and 4. Discontinue
drug therapy, both prescription and nonprescription in collaboration with patients, physicians,
nurses and other health-care providers.

PROFESSION GOALS
(CONTD.3)
Consequently, it achieves optimal outcomes that
improve the patients quality of life. These outcomes
may be:
1. Cure of the disease.
2. Elimination or reduction of symptoms.
3. Arresting or slowing the disease process.
4. Prevention of disease.
5. Diagnosis of disease.
6. Desired alterations in the physiological
processes.

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