OLD SYSTEMS IN PHARMACY
Hospitals would not be able to function without the handwork of the pharmacy department. Without a solid pharmacy, the hospital would lack the medications and medication knowledge to help patients. A large part of the hospital’s liability is dependent on the pharmacy department. For decades, pharmacy employees have gone around with a medication cart and distributed the medications to nurses and other authorized staff manually. Medications are at a greater risk of being lost or stolen through the manual distributing method. If the pharmacy employee turns their head for a second, medications can be stolen by anyone nearby. This method is difficult to track medications and who distributed which medications to whom. There is also a big issue dealing with medication safety when being transported on a cart. Every medication is different, and there are many drugs that cannot be with other drugs. Certain reactions can take place. Of course, pharmacists know these precautions, but they are difficult to monitor when using this method of distribution.
Hospitals would not be able to function without the handwork of the pharmacy department. Without a solid pharmacy, the hospital would lack the medications and medication knowledge to help patients. A large part of the hospital’s liability is dependent on the pharmacy department. For decades, pharmacy employees have gone around with a medication cart and distributed the medications to nurses and other authorized staff manually. Medications are at a greater risk of being lost or stolen through the manual distributing method. If the pharmacy employee turns their head for a second, medications can be stolen by anyone nearby. This method is difficult to track medications and who distributed which medications to whom. There is also a big issue dealing with medication safety when being transported on a cart. Every medication is different, and there are many drugs that cannot be with other drugs. Certain reactions can take place. Of course, pharmacists know these precautions, but they are difficult to monitor when using this method of distribution.