Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Pharmacy and
Therapeutic Committee
Saima Asghar
Saima.asghar@iub.edu.pk
Contents
• Introduction
• Objective of P&TC
• Composition of P&TC
• Operations of P&TC
• Roles and responsibility of P&TC
Introduction
• The Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee is a policy forming and
advisory group to the medical staff and administration of hospital on
matters related to therapeutic use of drugs. It is actually a policy-
recommending body to medical staff and the administration.
• The committee is composed of physicians, pharmacists and other
healthcare professionals.
Objectives of P&TC
P&TC has 3 major roles to play:
1. Advisory
2. Educational
3. Drug safety and adverse drug monitoring
1. Advisory
• The committee recommends the adoption of policies or assists in the
formulation of broad professional policies regarding evaluation,
selection and therapeutic use of drugs in the hospital.
• The committee serves in an advisory capacity to medical staff and
hospital administration in all matters pertaining to the use of drugs,
including the investigational drugs.
• It makes recommendations concerning the drugs to be stocked in
hospital patient care areas.
• The committee advises the pharmacy in implementation of effective
drug distribution and control procedures.
2. Educational
• The committee recommends or assists in the formulation of functions
designed to meet the needs of professional staff, for the complete
current knowledge of the matters related to the drugs and their use.
• The committee evaluates the problems related to the distribution and
administration of medicines, including medication incidents.
• The committee develops and compiles a formulary of drugs and
prescriptions of formulations accepted for use in the hospital.
• The committee should minimize the duplication of the same basic
drugs, drug safety and cost concerns with this duplication.
• It establishes or plans suitable educational schemes for the hospital’s
professional staff on the matters related to the use of drugs.
3. Drug safety and adverse drug monitoring