Pharmacy and its Services

Further to internal circular MA/12/2019, please note the following with regard to functions of the outpatient pharmacy in serving the patients & staff of NIMH

The outpatient pharmacy is to function as follows.

8.00am-5.00pm - All working days including Saturday

8.00am-4.00pm - Sundays & PH

1. As the NIMH OPD functions 24hrs / 07 days, patients coming to NIMH after 4.00pm / 5.00pm (as per above schedule) if medication is required without admission that patient should be provided with medication from the relevant Admission Unit according to the area basis of admissions. 2. Such OPD Drug prescriptions should be received next morning by the OPD Pharmacy & the drugs should be provided to the relevant ward so that the drugs count in the relevant ward will be balanced. 3. OPD Drugs prescriptions should carry the MO/OPD seal always & prescribing Medical Officers name. (Ref: Internal Circular: NIMH/PDU/PU/2017/024) 4. Ward discharge prescriptions should carry the relevant Consultant seal & the name & signature of

MO writing the prescription. 5. In the current situation as per the approval received form the DGHS and the institutional Drugs and

Therapeutics Committee Meeting, Drugs can be issued for a maximum period as follows,

a. OPD RC Number: 07 days for patients 03 days for staff

(Ref: Internal Circular MA/12/2019 dated 11/04/2019)

b. H633 Prescription Sheet: One Month (GBVPU, Navodaya, Clinics, Deegayu Day Centre)

(Ref: Internal Circular: NIMH/PDU/PU/2017/049 & Ministry letter DGHS/NIMH/2017-115)

c. Community Files: One Month-special community file number

(Ref: NIMH/PDU/PU/2017/009 & DGHS/NIMH/2017/115)

d. Discharge /Leave Patients: 02 weeks for BHT Number

6. Issuing of medication to staff should be done under vigilant clinical discretion of Medical Officers as availability of ―regular‖ medication of NIMH OPD is limited. 7. All Medical officers/ Pharmacists/ Nursing Officers need to be vigilant to prevent misappropriation of drugs.

8. As many of the drugs in use at NIMH are high alert /dangerous category drugs, extra precautions need to be taken while making sure availability of drugs to patients who seek treatment from NIMH is not hampered or delayed unnecessarily. 9. In Drugs books Local purchase drug request should carry the Consultant and Director /Deputy

Director Signature and for other drugs book each unit should identify & in-from the pharmacy of the signatures of the unit SR and SMO who will be requesting/ authorization relevant drugs.