Laporan Praktik Kerja Profesi Apoteker Rumah Sakit di UPTD. Khusus Rumah Sakit Umum Haji Medan

Abstract

Background: A hospital is a healthcare institution that provides comprehensive individual health services, including inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care. Pharmacy services are an integral part of the hospital healthcare system. Therefore, pharmacists need to be equipped with the necessary skills, expertise, and knowledge in managing pharmaceutical preparations, medical devices, and medical consumables, as well as in delivering clinical pharmacy services in hospitals through the Pharmacist Professional Internship. Objective: The Pharmacist Professional Internship aims to enhance prospective pharmacists’ understanding of the roles, functions, positions, and responsibilities of pharmacists in hospital pharmacy services and to prepare them to enter the workforce as professional pharmaceutical personnel. Summary: The Pharmacist Professional Internship activities conducted at UPTD Khusus Rumah Sakit Umum Haji Medan included the management of pharmaceutical preparations, medical devices, and medical consumables, covering drug selection, planning, procurement, receipt, storage, distribution, destruction and recall, control, administration, reporting, and clinical pharmacy services. These clinical services comprised prescription review and dispensing, medication history taking, medication reconciliation, drug information services, patient counseling, ward rounds, therapeutic drug monitoring, adverse drug reaction monitoring, drug use evaluation, sterile preparation dispensing, as well as pharmacy services for inpatients, outpatients, and other clinical pharmacy practices. In addition, activities also involved the management of the central sterile supply department, medical gases, and liquid waste management. Conclusion: After completing the Pharmacist Professional Internship at UPTD Khusus Rumah Sakit Umum Haji Medan, prospective pharmacists have gained a comprehensive understanding of the roles, functions, and responsibilities of hospital pharmacists, particularly in pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumables management, as well as in clinical pharmacy services.