ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital

St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group Limited - Annual Review 2007
Allied Health Professionals
Pharmacy Department
Service Developments / Activities
Major service developments and activities were:
• Appointment of Medication Safety Co-ordinator
• Clinical pharmacy service started in ED
• 5th Edition of SVHG Medicines Guide published
• SARI (Strategy for the Control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland) pharmacist appointed
• Dedicated CF clinical pharmacist appointed
Dispensary Service
There was a 13% increase in the number of items issued (average 28,737 items dispensed per month) as
a result of increased service demands from clinical areas.
Clinical Service
The following appointments were made:
Claire Keane, specialist CF clinical pharmacist and Zulema Gonzalez Sanchez, antimicrobial (SARI)
pharmacist.
A clinical pharmacy service commenced in ED.
In 2007 clinical audits were completed on Antibiotic Use in General Surgery Patients and Venous
Thromboprophylaxis in General Surgery Patients.
Education
Pharmacy staff provided lectures and workshops for undergraduate and postgraduate medical, nursing and
pharmacy educational programmes.
SVHG Prescriber’s Guide and Formulary
The 5th edition of the SVHG Medicines Guide was circulated in September 2007.
It includes Guidelines for the Peri-operative Use of Oral Medicines, Anticoagulant Guidelines and Clinical
Nutritional Management Guidelines. It is also available on the hospital intranet and a PDF version was
distributed to NCHDs.
Aseptic Service
In 2007 a total of 7956 items were prepared in the Aseptic Unit (ASU), a small decrease (~1%) on 2006.
The number of chemotherapy items manufactured remained the same. Staff in the ASU dispensed medicines
for 17 oncology research trials.
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