Hospital Pharmacy And Therapeutic Committee
Frequency
- Meets once in three months. Depending upon the availability of the hall meeting will be organize.
Members
| S.No | Name of Member | Designation | Committee Responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dr.Lt Col. A Ravikumar | Honourable Pro-Vice Chancellor | Ex-Officio Member |
| 2. | Dr.Nitin M Nagarkar | Dean | Chairperson |
| 3. | Dr.Kumar J.S | Professor & HOD-General Medicine | Coordinator |
| 4. | Dr. Gokulakrishnan C | Resident Medical Officer Assistant Professor Anesthesiology | Member |
| 5. | Dr. Muthu Bharathi. S | Administrative Medical Officer Senior Resident Dermatology | Member |
| 6. | Ms.Banupriya | Clinical Pharmacist | Convener |
| 7. | Dr.Venkatraman R | Medical Superintendent | Member |
| 8. | Dr.Jamunarani.R | Professor & HOD – Pharmacology | Member |
| 9. | Dr. Subash.S | Professor & HOD- Paediatrics | Member |
| 10. | Dr.Gayathri.B | Professor & HOD Anaesthesiology | Member |
| 11. | Dr.Thinagaran K | Professor & HOD- General Surgery | Member |
| 12. | Dr. Vengatesh M | Professor & HOD-Cardiology | Member |
| 13. | Dr. Jayaprakash V | Professor & HOD -Nephrology | Member |
| 14. | Dr.Anuradha.M | Professor & HOD - OBG | Member |
| 15. | Ms.Kavitha Senthilkumar | Chief Nursing officer | Member |
| 16. | Ms. Catherine S Priyadharsini K | Nursing superintendent | Member |
| 17. | Ms.Tamizh Ilakkiya | Acting Charge Nurse | Member |
| 18. | Ms.Sivananthavalli | Assistant Nursing Superintendent | Member |
| 19. | Ms.Prema | Assistant Nursing Superintendent | Member |
| 20. | Mr.Sivakumar | Senior Manager - Pharmacy | Member |
| 21. | Ms.Lakshmi Sona | Senior Manager - Quality | Member |
| 22. | Ms.Srilekha.B | Assistant manager Quality | Member |
Quorum
Meeting is conducted depending upon the availability of committee members minimum 65 percentage of members should take part in the meeting. Less than 65 percentage meeting will be reorganized on later date.
Terms of Reference
Communication is sent individually to all committee members through the Chairperson or coordinator of committee one day before the meeting.
Role Of Antimicrobial Management Team
- To develop a hospital antimicrobial policy.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures on medication use in the Hospital.
- Develop and implement hospital drug formulary and update the same on yearly basis.
- To approve drugs and consumables used for patient care in SRMMMCH&RC.
- To approve any non-formulary drugs, consumables (addition or Deletion) based on the request given by the treating doctor.
- The Coordinator of the hospital drug Committee act as liaison between attending physicians and other staff in all matters relating to medication
- To document the policies and procedures to guide the usage of Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances including safe storage, preparation, handling, distribution and disposal drugs.
- To ensure that policies and procedures related to medication management are consistently being followed throughout the hospital.
- To manage the drug formulary system by evaluating the usage of medication periodically.
- To design and implement methods for ensuring the safe prescribing, distribution, administration and monitoring of medications.
- Audit of medication orders/ prescription is carried out to check for safe and rational prescription of medications. (The possibility of drug interaction, food drug interaction and measures taken to avoid the same).
- To analyze the prescription audit report and take necessary corrective and preventive action.
