The Inpatient Dispensing Division provides pharmaceutical care to patients who are admitted to the hospital. Unit Dose provides individually wrapped or packaged medications that are sent to each of the wards in drawers labeled for each patient in that ward. The nursing staff then will administer the medication to the patient at their bedside at the appropriate time.
Intravenous admixture is the compounding of intravenous fluids with concentrated medications.
This dilutedmedication is is then administered by the nursing staff intravenously to the patient. This type of therapy is used when the patient cannot consume food or fluids orally. Chemotherapy admixtures are usually done on an outpatient basis, that is the patient schedules an appointment to come into the hospital for a few hours to receive the chemotherapy intravenous medication. These medications are compounded in advance and sent to the ward they will be seen on. Monitors the inspections of ALL medication storage areas to ensure proper storage and prevention of expiration date oversight.