§ 113.5. Pharmacy and therapeutics committee.
(a) A pharmacy and therapeutics committee or its equivalent, to include physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, shall be established.
(b) The committee shall meet at least quarterly, record its proceedings and report to the medical staff. It shall assist in the formulation of broad professional policies regarding the evaluation, appraisal, selection, procurement, storage, distribution, use and safety procedures, and all other matters relating to drugs in the hospital. This should include some mechanism to review and evaluate adverse drug reactions and make appropriate recommendations if necessary. The committee shall:
(1) serve as an advisory group to the hospital medical staff and the pharmacist on matters pertaining to the choice of drugs;
(2) develop and review periodically a formulary or drug list for use in the hospital;
(3) recommend standards regarding the use and control of investigational drugs and concerning research in the use of recognized drugs;
(4) evaluate clinical data concerning new drugs or preparations requested for use in the hospital;
(5) make recommendations concerning drugs to be stocked on the nursing unit floors and by other services;
(6) establish procedures which will prevent unnecessary duplication in stocking drugs and drugs in combination having identical amounts of the same therapeutic ingredients;
(7) make recommendations concerning drugs for which automatic stop drug orders are necessary; and
(8) make recommendations regarding proper procedures and policies on the administration of drugs.
Authority The provisions of this § 113.5 issued under 67 Pa.C.S. § § 6101—6104; and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973 (71 P. S. § 755-2).
Source The provisions of this § 113.5 amended September 19, 1980, effective September 20, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 3761. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (37825).
Cross References This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 107.26 (relating to additional committees).
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