Community
Pharmacy
Definition :An establishment that is privately
owned & whose function is to serve the society needs both for drug products
and pharmaceutical services.
Community
Pharmacist
According to
WHO:
·
Community pharmacists are the health professionals most
accessible to the public. They supply medicines in accordance with a
prescription or sell them without prescription when they are legally permitted
and also counseling the patients when dispensing the drugs. Community pharmacist
is directly involved in the decision of selection of effective, safe and
economic medicines use. The possible introduction of community pharmacist to a
common man is:
·
Hybrid
of professional and business men.
- Best educated person in community which is available for general
public to guide them about their health.
Role
of Community Pharmacist
Daily tasks undertaken by community pharmacist include:
·
Clinical
scrutiny of prescriptions.
·
Oversight
of safe dispensing processes.
·
Providing
patients with advice about medicines and treatments.
·
Provision
of public health information to patients and customers and promotion of
wellness
·
Signposting
people to other services, self-care organizations or information resources
·
Assessment
and treatment for minor ailments.
·
Professional
oversight of the sales of OTC medicines
·
Liaison
with other healthcare professionals.
·
Clinical
review services for specific patient groups in GP practices, for example
asthma, diabetes, hypertension
·
Medicines
management support for practices, for example supporting practice formulary and
clinical guideline implementation, repeat prescription management.
·
Locally
commissioned and enhanced services such as supply of Prescription Only
Medicines (POMs) under Patient Group Directions (PGDs), screening services,
public health interventions and treatments.
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