Standard Operating Proceduresis a practical, highly organized resource for pharmacists working in hospital setting as well as community pharmacy and pharmacy students.The rapid access to guidance on every aspect of medication safety while dispensing and medication management beginning from selection of medicines, procurement, distribution, inventory management, storage and quality assurance of medicines,etc.
Key features A valuable resource for most effective pharmacy management, quickly and efficiently. The step-wise guidance with pictures to the pharmacists as to how a given task can be accomplished while meeting the requirements as per current best practices in simple language makes this book different from others. Safety issues in dispensing procedures with examples and pictures and monitoring of adverse drug reactions. Special features include handling of thermolabile, look alike sound alike, high alert, hazardous medicines and essential narcotic drug handling. At a glance format for various forms and reports used. In today s era of accreditation, how pharmacists can be benefitted by applying quality tools techniques in improving pharmacy services is also addressed by a separate section on quality tools in pharmacy and medical stores.
Sangeeta Sharma, a pharmacologist, QMAHO, MD and MBA in health care administration, is currently Professor and Head, Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Delhi. She is also the honorary President, Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs (DSPRUD), an NGO in the forefront of promoting rational use of medicines and improving accessibility/availability of quality drugs since 1996. She has a rich and diversified professional and managerial experience in healthcare sector. Her key areas of expertise include rational use of medicines, patient safety and quality of care, planning, implementation and monitoring of policy-relevant interventions. She has conducted several workshops to build capacity in developing and implementation of quality assurance programs for doctors, nurses and pharmacists. She has advised several Indian states in developing drug policies, essential medicines lists, standard treatment guidelines (STGs) and standard operating procedures (SOPs),etc.
