Pharmaceutical Services Department

image1.jpg

All pharmaceutical operations in Mouwasat hospitals are supervised by the pharmaceutical management, Pharmacy, and Therapeutic Committee, and all procedures and services are compliant with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).  JCIA, CBAHI, ARAMCO(JHAH), HIMSS Analytical accreditation standards, and

Our Services

Inpatient Pharmacy Services

The Mouwasat hospitals Inpatient pharmacies provide dedicated services, 24 hours/7 days to the admitted patients through a team of pharmacists who will review patients’ medical records and deliver all prescribed medications to the patients using the daily Unit Dose System.

TPN & IV Medication Preparation Unit

TPN &IV medications are prepared in the Inpatient pharmacy I.V. room. Under strict sterile condition through a team of pharmacists who will review medication’s orders after visiting, assessing the needs and responses of the patient to various medications.

Chemotherapy medication preparation

Chemotherapy medications preparations are prepared at the oncology pharmacy, for oncology and hematology admitted patients strictly handled by trained and experts pharmacist, who provide Reconciliation to the patients and their families on the medications, their importance, drug interactions, side effects, the appropriate time to take it, how to use and how to store it, to obtain the best possible health outcomes.

Anti-Coagulant Clinic

It is concerned with setting and controlling the appropriate therapeutic doses and following up patients who are taking Anti-coagulant medications, so that these patients are treated within the accurate and correct medication strengths, doses due to its highly side effect, and providing each patient with the necessary pharmaceutical Reconciliation regarding these drugs and its interactions with other medications or Food, these services are provided by qualified and specialized clinical pharmacists to ensure maximum benefit from the treatment and patient is not exposed to any side effect, which might affect his life.

Clinical Pharmacy Services

Clinical Pharmacists are part of multi – disciplinary team at the different Mouwasat hospitals set up, they work closely with our physicians on delivering the desired therapeutic outcome, preventing, or minimizing drug-related issues, and raising awareness about medication usage. Clinical pharmacy intervention program allows clinical pharmacist to practice optimization of therapy, dosage modification, therapeutic substitution, and drug monitoring. Their scope also includes implementation of the hospital's pharmaceuticals care plan and total parental nutrition (TPN). They are also responsible for collecting, investigating, and analyzing possible reports about medication errors, reported drug adverse events and provide consultative recommendations to our physicians upon their request.

Drug Information Unit

TThe DIU provides the medical practitioner team from doctors, pharmacists, and nurses with all the pharmacological and toxic information based on an integrated set of the finest and most recent medical references and electronic subscriptions in line with the scientific progress in the field of pharmacy and medications. 

you can contact  the Drug information center by calling: +96613820000

Continuing Pharmacy Education Program (CPEP)

This program aims to provide the pharmaceutical team the opportunity to improve work performance and productivity, the program includes intensive and extensive training programs which will serve the healthcare providers in Mouwasat hospitals and community.

Anti-Microbial Stewardship

The primary role of this committee is to promote the rational safe usage of Anti-microbial at Mouwasat hospital with the current concerns revolving around resistance to Anti-biotics this role is critical for insuring that provided therapies are effective and don’t contribute to the increasing number of resistance bacteria.

Outpatient Pharmacy Services

OPD pharmacy are Providing services to outpatient clinics and emergency patients, it is completely supplied with the required Medications, Baby milks, cosmetical products, OTC drugs and paramedical. Mouwasat physicians are using built-in order sets or what is called, Computerized Prescriber Order-Entry (CPOE) which includes a lot of advantages as: Cost reduction, Process improvement, Overall quality improvement, Medication Error Reduction, Time saving. We constantly ensure for our patients the continuity, accuracy, safety, and efficiency of drug through adopting state-of art computer systems by specialized and trained pharmacists.

Discharged Patient Reconciliation

A team of expert pharmacists provide Reconciliation to the discharged patients and their families on the medications, their importance, drug interactions, side effects, the appropriate time to take it, how to use and how to store it, to obtain the best possible health outcomes

Refill Medication Services

This service is provided to patients with chronic diseases, in terms of the number of times they are recommended to Re-fill the medications before the date of the doctor's visit, by using the Refill Medication application on the Mouwasat homepage and the preparation and dispensing of medicines will be within 48 hours.

Smart Robotic Outpatient Pharmacy

In line with the strategic plan of Mouwasat Medical services company to constantly develop our services and applying the latest technology in the field of healthcare, Mouwasat is committed to deliver world class medical service to our customers in all Mouwasat hospitals all over the kingdom.

Mouwasat Medical Services Company has started its project for Smart Robotic Outpatient Pharmacy at Mouwasat Hospital – Khobar, Jubail & Madinah Mouwasat Hospital – Khobar is the first private hospital in the kingdom to implement this project and it will be implemented subsequently in all other Mouwasat Hospitals in Riyadh, Dammam and Qatif.

The new smart robotic outpatient pharmacy is using the latest German technology that is based on product unique identifier (GTIN – Global Trade Item Number) and the 2-dimensional (2D) barcode which guarantee high accuracy in medications dispensing, inventory/stock management, and automatic checking for medications validity/expiry dates.

The use of Smart Robotic Outpatient Pharmacy in healthcare sector which has many added values.

  • Automatic preparation of medications with a dispensing speed that can reach up to 4000 packs per hour.
  • Can serve up to 6000 customers per day.
  • Less waiting times.
  • High accuracy in medication dispensing.
  • More time will be available for patient counseling and drug therapy education.
  • Enhance customer experience.
  • Automation checking for medication validity.
Calender Booking