Inpatient Pharmacy
Inpatient  Pharmacy Services works with healthcare professionals to design, implement and monitor a therapeutic plan for FMC’s inpatients.
Our philosophy is to provide excellence in patient care and to achieve results that improve a patient’s quality of life.
Our mission is
- To provide quality pharmaceutical services that foster efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness
- To contribute to programs and services that emphasize the health needs of the community and the prevention of disease
- To promote pharmaceutical care as an essential component of healthcare services.
Our vision is excellence in providing pharmaceutical care and services.
The Inpatient Pharmacy will:
- Serve as a drug information resource for FMC and the community
- Design medication schedules to assure compliance
- Identify potential drug interactions and therapeutic duplication
- Prevent, identify and report adverse drug reactions and medication errors
- Provide pharmacokinetic consultation and monitoring
- Provide education and in-services on pharmacotherapy
- Collaborate with physicians and nurses to achieve optimal pharmacological therapy
- Provide unit-dose drug distribution and computerized medication administration record
- Provide patient education and discharge counseling
- Formulary management
- Provide renal monitoring and medication dosage adjustment program
- Provide parenteral nutrition and heparin infusion protocols
Specialized Equipment
- Pyxis Profile Automated Drug distribution — Patient's medication is dispensed to the nursing units using state-of-the-art automated medication cabinets. The nurses access the medication system via a touch-screen using their security code. Pharmacists pre-screen all physician orders for interactions and incompatibilities to ensure safe and effective therapy. Patients are able to receive their medications quicker than with traditional hospital medication systems.
- Pharmacists utilize electronic medical records to ensure they have the most up-to-the-minute information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This enables the pharmacist to provide real-time patient care.
- Carousel and Autopackager
- Total Parenteral Nutrition Compounder
Public Education
- National Poison Prevention Week — A community awareness education program for preschool to third-grade students about poisons found in their environment. This program is held in the month of March.
- National Pharmacy Week — This annual promotion is held in October. It is an effective way to educate patients about medications, while also promoting pharmacist’s services and expertise.
- Flagstaff Medical Center is a training site for pharmacy students enrolled at the University of Arizona and Midwestern University in Glendale. The program is a six-week rotation that offers students specialized training in pharmacy, hospital pharmacy administration and adult medicine.
For more information, call 928 779-3366, ext. 12118
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