Formulary development

The P T committee s primary function is to maintain a drug formulary. Pedersen et al. (2001) showed that 97.5% of hospifals reporfed fhaf formulary development and management was a primary function of a P T committee. However, key elements of managing the formularies are developing and implementing policies that assure safe and effective medication therapy within institutions. These elements were also reported as primary fxmctions by 97.1% of the hospitals surveyed. The following section reviews fhe formulary system and its management. 

Several methods of educating practitioners and patients have been developed, including use of printed materials, lectures or symposia, and one-on-one discussions. Printed materials can include formularies, newsletters, brochures, and booklets. Having formulary information available for prescribers can improve their familiarity with, and ideally their use of,... 

VS Crane. How to use structured decision making in developing therapeutic, cost-effective formulary systems. Hosp Form 28(Oct) 859-867, 1993. 

Lilian M Azzopardi studied pharmacy at the University of Malta, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. In 1994 she took up a position at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Malta as a teaching and research assistant. Professor Azzopardi completed an MPhil on the development of formulary systems for community pharmacy in 1995, and in 1999 she gained a PhD. Her thesis led to the publication of the book Validation Instruments for Community Pharmacy pharmaceutical care for the third millennium published in 2000 by Pharmaceutical Products Press, USA. She worked together with Professor Anthony Serracino Inglott who was a pioneer in the introduction of clinical pharmacy in the late sixties. Professor Azzopardi is the author of Further MCQs In Pharmacy Practice (2006) and MCQs in Clinical Pharmacy (2007) by Pharmaceutical Press. 

Chinese legend states that the first herbal formulary was developed by an emperor around 2700 BC. The written record of a Chinese herbal formulary comes from the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). 

One of the P T committee functions is to develop aformulary of drugs accepted for use in the hospital. The formulary is a continually revised compilation of drug products that reflects the current clinical judgment of the medical and pharmacy staffs. The selection... 

Sheet film developing trays are available from the Photographers Formulary (see Resources). I highly recommend their use for 4 X 5 inch, 5X7 inch, and 8X10 inch sheet film in trays. 

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