Pretty Butterfly

Sunday, November 21, 2004

4 1/2 days in inpatient pharmacy 48 in SGH was amicable, not overly friendly. Maybe its because we are not to familiar with each other yet and no common topics to chat or just too busy to chat. Hopefully my 8 weeks there would be better in the coming weeks. Every day's work is routine. Mornings from 9-11am is either return medicines from the wards back to the medicine boxes or top up medicine boxes. In patient deals with both in patients medication and discharged patients medication. In patient medication is ordered after looking at the patient's IMR(Inpatient Medication Record) using a inpatient order form and pasting a sticker with the patient's particulars and stating th required medication. This form is typed by the typist of the day to print out labels. Medication are picked and packed into ziplocks and checked by another person before its placed on a trolley to be top up in the wards. At the wards, the name of patient, ic number,the medication item and strength plus quantity are checked before placing the medicine in the medication trolley according to the ward,room and bed number.
As for the discharged patients, a prescription is sent by the nurse to the pharmacy and punched in a machine for the time and date the precription is recieved. Next, the typist type the appropriate labels to be packed. If the dosage or the strength is too high or any doubts to the presciption, a call to the doctor is required to confirmed. When any doubts cleared, medicine are packed into ziplocks or bottles for loose tablets. When the patient's relatives come and collect medicine. A check is done with the packed medicine before its dispensed by the pharmacists.

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