DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY

Dec 5, 2022 Flag raising ceremony, Pharmacy Service as host with the Hospital Director.
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About Us
The Pharmacy has a wide range of medications that are monitored and dispensed by legally qualified and competent pharmacists.
 
Our Vision
The Pharmacy shall continue to provide good pharmacy practice that responds to the needs of the people and that will make a pharmacist an indispensable provider of medication expertise.
 
Our Mission
To provide safe, affordable and effective drugs and medicines to patients, maintain standard professional ethics and education and integrate new technological developments in improving pharmaceutical care and safety.
 
Location
The Pharmacy is located at the ground floor of the Quezon City General Hospital main building.
 
Operating Hours
The Pharmacy is open 24 hours a day and seven days a week (24/7).
Staffing Functions

Chief Pharmacist
  • Establish the goals and objectives of the hospital pharmacy in coordination with the staff.
  • Assure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements to effectively render hospital pharmacy services (FDA, DDB, PDEA, DOH and other regulatory agencies).
  • Develop an organizational structure with clearly defined lines of authority and job responsibilities that enable the staff to work together toward common objectives.
  • Instruct, train and supervise employees of the hospital pharmacy.
  • Orient pharmacy interns on the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the pharmacy, hospital organization, and policies.
  • Approve pharmacy staff schedule of duties.
  • Integrate pharmacy services with other hospital departments and with the medical staff to establish multidisciplinary approach on improving patient care.
  • Prepare and submits Project Procurement Management Plan (PPMP) for medicines, supplies and equipment outlay.
  • Prepare the pharmacy service operational plan.
  • Seek innovative ways to reduce and contain costs while providing quality care.
  • Review and update list of pharmaceuticals to be procured.
  • Establish policies and procedures to improve pharmacy services.
  • Collate reactions/comments concerning prescribed medications and other pharmacy services rendered.
  • Report collected reactions/comments to the PTC and Bids and Awards Committee (BAC).
  • Approve pharmacy requisitions of supplies and medicines.
  • Provide information concerning medicines and drug therapy to all concerned health personnel in the hospital.
  • Participate actively as a voting member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (PTC).
  • Develop a system to assure continuous quality improvement of the pharmacy services.
  • Participate in hospital infection control program.
  • Assist in the evaluation of Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reports, Drug Utilization Evaluation (DUE) and on Infection Control.
  • Participate in research activities regarding behavioral, socio-economic pharmaceutical and clinical researches.
  • Inspect from time to time, the recorded data in the stock cards.
  • Prepare memoranda to the Chief of Hospital, Administrator and other departments of the hospital regarding pharmacy issues and concerns.
  • Review and submits financial, statistical, and other required reports.
  • Plan suitable educational and training programs for professional staff and pharmacy interns.
  • Conduct Continuous Quality Improvement program review of the pharmacy service.
  • Participate in the CQI program of the hospital multidisciplinary committee.
  • Attend meetings/seminar-workshops related to medicines and hospital pharmacy operations.
  • Recommend pharmacy development to the Chief of Hospital.
  • Check, evaluate, and approve performance ratings of the pharmacy staff.
  • Maintain inventory control program.
  • Monitor distribution of dangerous drugs.
  • Perform other related functions as instructed by the supervisor.
 
Assistant to the Chief Pharmacist
  • Assume the functions and responsibilities of the chief pharmacist in his/her absence.
  • Educate and train pharmacy interns and personnel on the different areas and services of the hospital pharmacy.
  • Assist in the planning of activities and in the preparation of policies and procedures on the operations of the hospital pharmacy.
  • Supervise clerical and record-keeping activities.
  • Collate reports on Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), Infection Control and Drug Utilization Evaluation (DUE).
  • Supervise the receiving, checking, and proper storage of all drugs, biological products and medical supplies.
  • Review schedules and duties of the pharmacists and other personnel.
  • Participate in medical rounds and on the review of the patients’ medication history to promote rational drug therapy.
  • Supervise inventory taking on pharmaceuticals.
  • Prepares list of medicines to be procured and submits the same to the Chief Pharmacist.
  • Prepare list of medicines to be posted at the pharmacy-dispensing counter.
  • Assist in the planning and preparation of research activities.
  • Assist in the preparation of educational pharmacy programs for professional staff and pharmacy interns.
  • Supervise/assist pharmacists in the dispensing of pharmaceutical products.
  • Assist in the implementation of the CQI program of the hospital pharmacy.
  • Attend training/seminar-workshop and consultative meetings related to drugs, hospital pharmacy practices and services.
  • Assist the chief pharmacist on the evaluation of the over-all performance of the staff.
Perform other related functions as instructed by the Chief Pharmacist.

Senior Pharmacist
  • Assume the functions and responsibilities of the supervising pharmacist in his/her absence.
  • Assist the supervising pharmacist in the supervision of Pharmacy Service activities.
  • Ensure implementation of the pharmacy SOPs.
  • Participate in the inspection of drug products delivered with the Inspection Committee and with the representative from the supply office.
  • Guide subordinates in work prioritization and specific tasks to be performed.
  • Maintain and update dangerous drugs books,
  • Provide drug information to physicians, nurses, allied medical staff and patients.
  • Inspect and monitor drug products in all treatment areas.
  • Participate in research activities.
  • Monitor stocks, equipment, and requisitions regularly.
  • Assist in the training of pharmacy interns.
  • Participate in the Continuous Quality Improvement Program (CQIP) of the Hospital Pharmacy.
  • Perform other related functions as instructed by his/her superiors.
 
Clinical Pharmacist
  • Checks effectiveness of treatment regimens, safety of medications (i.e., drug interactions) and patient compliance issues.
  • Expands his/her practice to go beyond distributive functions.
  • Reviews and interprets all the medication orders in the patient’s charts during the shift.
  • Accomplishes Patient Database.
  • Checks Medication and Treatment Record.
  • Inserts Pharmacist’s Notes in patient’s chart, e.g., automatic stop order for antibiotics.
  • Communicates dug-related concerns to doctors and nurses.
  • Report to Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Team meeting.
  • Encode antimicrobial use of every patient to Antimicrobial Surveillance Monitoring Logbook.
  • Collate the AMS approval form and shall be reviewed by the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee every three months.
  • Assists in coordinating and implementing AMS activities.
  • Assists in the development and dissemination of guidelines, monitoring of antimicrobial use and AMR, and in assessing the performance of AMS program.
  • Ensures/enforces compliance to all AMS policies, guidelines and procedures.
  • Educates pharmacy staff and students on AMS.
  • Coordinates with medical and nursing staff to ensure timely administration of appropriate antimicrobials.
  • Identifies cases that require review by ID specialists.
 
Staff Pharmacist
  • Fills prescriptions and dispenses pharmaceutical products.
  • Checks manufacture and expiration dates of drug products.
  • Checks label of medicines in accordance with FDA labeling requirements.
  • Records issuances of medicines in the stock cards and accomplishes issue report forms after every shift.
  • Files and maintains prescriptions for two (2) years.
  • Notifies physicians on any therapeutic incompatibilities, potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions,
  • Ensures that the right patient takes the right drug and right dosage at the right time.
  • Conducts daily/weekly/monthly inventory of medicines and supplies.
  • Prepares, check and signs charge slips issued to patients.
  • Participate in research activities.
  • Attends scientific seminar-workshops/consultative meetings and continuing education on drug-related matters and hospital pharmacy practices.
  • Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program of the pharmacy service.
  • Prepares Performance Evaluation System (PES).
  • Performs other related functions as assigned by the immediate superior.
 
Storekeeper/Office Aide
  • Receives and checks drug product deliveries and record data in the stock cards.
  • Records data stocks transferred from the storeroom to the active storage area.
  • Encodes, files, receives and releases documents.
  • Assis in the daily recording of drug issuances in the stock cards.
  • Prepares reports of monthly consumption and balance of stocks.
  • Transfers medicines from bulk storeroom to the active dispensing area of the pharmacy.
  • Assists in the regular physical inventory of stocks.
  • Assists in the inspection of medicines stored in the bulk storeroom as well as in the monitoring of expiration dates.
  • Maintains cleanliness of the pharmacy.
  • Attends to the administrative needs of the hospital pharmacy staff.
  • Participates in the Continuous Quality Improvement Program (CQIP) of the pharmacy service.
  • Accomplishes the Performance Evaluation System (PES).
  • Performs other related functions as assigned by the superiors.
Attends seminar/workshops and other staff development programs relevant to the work

Clinical Pharmacy
  • Provision of patient care that optimizes medication therapy and promotes health, wellness, and disease prevention.
  • It creates a double check system to the patient, thus, reducing medication errors
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship Program was implemented on June 2018 aimed to promote rational and optimal antimicrobial therapy.
 
ACTIVITIES
Pharmacovigilance In-house Lecture Series
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SERVICES OFFERED
Dispensing
  • Dispensing of drugs, medicines and medical supplies to customers with the pharmacist exercising his/her knowledge, judgment, skills, controls and ethics to:
    • Hospital employees
    • Medical staff
    • Senior citizen
    • Ambulatory patients
  • Dispensing of drugs (over-the-counter, prescription and regulated drugs) and medical supplies to in-patients for standing order medications, stat orders and PRN orders.
  • Pneumatic dispensing system
 
Counseling
We also provide medication counseling for proper dissemination of appropriate drug usage and administration.

Vision & Mission


​Vision - The Quezon City General Hospital will be a center of excellence among local government hospital in the Philippines.

Mission - To provide effective and efficient health care services with total professionalism and dedication thru continuous quality improvement.

Quality Policy - Quezon City General Hospital is committed to provide quality medical services through efficient and sound management that is compliant to statutory and regulatory requirements and guaranteed by continuous improvement in all aspects of health care.
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