Laporan Praktik Kerja Profesi Apoteker Rumah Sakit di RSUD Dr. Pirngadi Medan

Abstract

Background: Hospitals are health care facilities that provide comprehensive individual health care services through promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and/or palliative health care by providing inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services. The provision of pharmaceutical services in hospitals must comply with pharmaceutical service standards as stipulated in Regulation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia No. 72 of 2016 to improve the quality of pharmaceutical services, ensure legal certainty for pharmaceutical personnel, and protect patients and the public from the irrational use of drugs in the context of patient safety. To implement pharmaceutical service practices in hospitals, pharmacy students as future pharmacists must acquire sufficient knowledge and practical experience, one of which can be obtained through the Pharmacy Professional Practice Program (PKPA). The Pharmacy Professional Education Program at the University of North Sumatra collaborates with Dr. Pirngadi Regional General Hospital, which is a teaching hospital. Objective: The Professional Pharmacist Work Practice (PKPA) at Dr. Pirngadi Regional General Hospital aims to study the role and function of pharmacists in managing pharmaceutical supplies and clinical pharmacy services at Dr. Pirngadi Regional General Hospital in Medan. Method: PKPA activity was carried out from January 6, 2024 to February 28, 2024 for 40 consecutive working days with a duration of 7 hours per day for 5 working days a week at the Dr. Pirngadi Regional General Hospital. Activities carried out during the PKPA included: learning about the functions and duties of hospitals in public health services, learning about the work system of the Hospital Pharmacy Installation, learning about the distribution system for pharmaceutical supplies in hospitals, which included: inpatient services, outpatient services, emergency room services, Central Surgery Installation services, Chemotherapy services, Hemodialysis services, and Warehousing. Result: Dr. Pirngadi Regional General Hospital in Medan has 76 pharmaceutical staff consisting of 8 pharmacists and 64 employees consisting of pharmaceutical technical and administrative staff. The number of pharmacists employed by Dr. Pirngadi Regional General Hospital in Medan is in accordance with applicable regulations, whereby type B hospitals must have 8 pharmacists. Conclusion: After conducting the Pharmacist Professional Education Work Practice at Dr. Pirngadi Regional General Hospital in Medan, it was concluded that pharmacists at Dr. Pirngadi Regional General Hospital in Medan have carried out their roles and functions in managing pharmaceutical supplies and providing clinical pharmacy services.