Units labelling pharmacy preparations

Some Countries will have centralised pharmacies which are specialised pharmacies that pick, package and label medicines to be dispensed by the pharmacy. This category would also include those preparative units which will prepare specialised medicines according to a supplied prescription. These centralised facilities may be part of the pharmacy or they may be a different legal entity (see Homecare, Sect. 36.4.4.4). 

In most Spanish hospitals, there is just one delivery a day, in the afternoon, because in many hospitals doctors see patients between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. However, the number of visiting hours is increasing and pharmacy working procedures may have to adapt to the new situation. Parenteral admixtures and nutritional preparations, if chemically stable, are generally prepared for each patient in a centralized unit (described later), labeled, and... 

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