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Hospital pharmacy services came into prominence due to necessity of big multi-bedded hospital with super specialty operations. The teaching hospital, corporate hospital with multiple services, has its unique requirements which cannot be met by pharmacies outside the hospital. The hospital pharmacy services also includes supply of anticancer drugs, nuclear medicine along with narcotics the steady treatment. One of the important services managed by the hospital pharmacy is ward pharmacy and satellite pharmacy. The hospital pharmacy plays an important role in the economy of hospital as it is one of the major avenues of earning profit for the hospital.
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Nagappa, A.N., Kanoujia, J. (2022). Hospital Pharmacy Services: Ward Pharmacy, Compounding of Prescription, Extempore Preparation, Nuclear Medicine, Narcotic Drug Storage and Dispensing. In: Nagappa, A.N., Kanoujia, J., Bhatt, S., Naik, V. (eds) Perspectives in Pharmacy Practice. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9213-0_9
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