The Department of Pharmaceutical Services, consistent with the vision and mission of Unimedth, places a high priority on Patient’s Care, Teaching and Research (PTR).

The Department is the pivot through which quality and quantitative pharmaceutical care services are rendered to in-patients, out-patients, accident and emergency patients and staff members in the teaching hospital.

Our Vision Statement: To provide excellent quality and quantitative pharmaceutical care services.

Our Mission Statement: To provide the best ways possible, safe, efficacious and cost-effective drugs in a formulation convenient for use for excellent quality patient care in an atmosphere of professionalism, respect, and effective communication to patients and healthcare providers.

Our Core Values: *Excellence *Patient Centered Care *Honesty and Integrity *Respect and Teamwork.

Clinical services rendered by the Department include dispensing of medications, patient care counseling, drug interaction monitoring, therapeutic drug monitoring, prescription error monitoring, drug order review and drug information support for healthcare providers, patients and the public.

Pharmaceutical services provided by the Department is focused on an integrated, unit-based model for excellent clinical pharmaceutical care delivery at the following Units for now–

• Main Pharmacy / In-Patient Pharmacy Unit.
• Accident & Emergency Pharmacy Unit.  
• General Out-Patient / Surgical Out-Patient Pharmacy Unit. 
• Medical Out-Patient / Children Out-Patient / Children Emergency Pharmacy Unit
• Millennium Eye Clinic Pharmacy Unit. 
• Theatre Pharmacy Unit.
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology Pharmacy Unit. 
• ARV Pharmacy Unit.
• NHIS / ORANGHIS Pharmacy Unit.
• Education / Pharmacovigilance Pharmacy Unit.

The Pharmacy Department at Unimedth is responsible for dispensing medications 24/7-daily for the in-patient, out-patient, accident and emergency-patient, NHIS/ORANGHIS/ARV patient and staff members in the hospital, including, management of drug revolving fund, pharmacovigilance support, small scale manufacturing, research and training, amongst others.

In all of these, we deliver an integrated and inclusive excellent pharmaceutical services to the patients, hospital community and the public.

The Department consists of Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians as well as other technical and support personnel, who work together to assure patients receive quality, quantitative and cost-effective pharmaceutical care possible.

OUR COMMITMENT:

Contributing to and accepting responsibility for optimal therapeutic output in the hospital.

Promoting measures that supports the safe, effective, and cost-effective use of medications.

Promoting measures designed to advance knowledge of rational use of medications.

Recognizing and accepting that the pharmacy staff is our most important resource for our optimal output.

Mentoring, training and rewarding staff members to enhance their professional development.

Educating healthcare providers and patients on the safe use of drugs.

Developing and conducting research to improve the safety and adherence of drug use.

Utilizing research methods to identify the most cost-effective use of medications.

Supporting interdisciplinary collaborative research.

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