DISPENSING & HOSPITAL PHARMACY
SYLLABUS FOR I YEAR B.PHARMACY
STUDENTS FOR THE YEAR 2009-10

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
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DISPENSING & HOSPITAL PHARMACY

Section-A: DISPENSING PHARMACY

UNIT I- Genesis and Evolution of Pharmacy: History of Pharmacy, origin and development of the Pharmacopoeias, History of Ayurveda, salient features of IP, USP and BP.

UNIT II- Dispensing Pharmacy: Principles of dispensing, parts of prescription, handling of prescription, source of errors in prescription and care required in dispensing procedures including labeling of dispensed products. Weights and Measures, introduction to Latin terms, Percentage calculations, alligation method, proof spirit calculations, displacement value and calculations of isotonicity adjustment. General dispensing procedures, posology-calculations of doses.

UNIT III- Principles involved and procedures adopted in dispensing of the following classes of preparations.
(i) Mixtures ii) Solutions iii) Emulsions iv) Powders v) Lotions & liniments vi) Ointments and
vii) Suspensions
Definition of the following preparations like creams, capsules, pastes, jellies, suppositories, ophthalmic, lozenges, pills, inhalations, paints ,gargles, sprays and tablet triturates .

Extraction and Galen cal products: Principle and methods of extraction, preparation of infusion, tinctures, dry and soft liquid extracts.

UNIT IV- Incompatibilities: Physical, chemical and therapeutic incompatibilities – methods of overcoming and handling of prescriptions with incompatibility

Section-B: HOSPITAL PHARMACY

UNIT V- Organization: Organization of a hospital and hospital pharmacy, responsibilities of a hospital pharmacist, pharmacy and therapeutic committee.

UNIT VI- Drug distribution: Procedural manual, drug distribution, dispensing to out-patients, in-patients and ambulatory patient-dispensing of ancillary and controlled substances, drug information center(DIC).

Unit VII- Hospital Management: Budget preparation and implementation, hospital formulary, organization of drug store, purchase and inventory control, patient counseling, role of Pharmacist in community health care and education.
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UNIT VIII- Records: Prescription filling, drug profile, patient medication profile, cases on drug interaction, adverse reactions, idiosyncratic cases.

Note: End Exam students should write 5 out of 8 questions choosing at least two from each
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TEXT BOOKS
1.Dispensing Pharmacy, Cooper & Gunns CBS, Publ. and Distributors New Delhi.
2.Health Education and Community Pharmacy, Gupta AK, CBS, Publ. and Distributors New Delhi.
3.Hospital Pharmacy. JS Quadry,



REFERENCES

1.Essential dosage calculations -Hospital Pharmacy. Lorria & William William Hassan,.
2.Dispensing Pharmacy, R.M Metha.
3.Text Book of Pharmaceutics, E.A. Rawlins, Bentley’s ELBS publ.
4.Health Education and Community Pharmacy, NK Jain, CBS, Publ. and Distributors New Delhi.