US Naval Hospital Corps School - Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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PHARMACY ERVICE The Pharmacy is under the direction of the Chief of Pharmacy Services, who supervises all the Pharmaceutical Service at the U. S. Naval Hospital and the Coronado Annex. The Chief of Pharmacy Services is responsible for all offi- cial correspondence and records pertaining to Pharmacy, maintenance of manuals, directives and letters, procurement and maintenance of Master Drug Reference Files, literature and Pharmacy library. He is directly responsible for the safeguarding, care, accounting and proper issue of all drugs. The Pharmacy Officer makes recommendations for the stocking of new drugs and supplies information regarding the efficacy, availability and economy of non-standard items. And he is responsible for on-the-job training of personnel. The Pharmacy Supervisor is responsible for overall super- vision of the Pharmacy, including compounding and manu- facturing of drugs, filling and dispensing of prescriptions, cleaning detail and performance of personnel. The Pharmacy Supervisor is responsible for over-all super- of Stock Control, Compounding, Ward Orders, Outpatient Prescriptions and Pre-packing. Each section is under the supervision of a Pharmacy Technician. The technician in charge of the Stock Control Section supervises the ordering, receipt, storage, and issue of drugs and maintains inventories of standard stock as well as open- purchase items. He trains personnel in stock control and assists in general pharmaceutical Work as required. The compounding section is where all bulk preparations are manufactured and special prescriptions for the out- i patient section are compounded. The technician assigned to this section maintains a manufacturing schedule, formula index and inventory. He maintains the stock for the pre- packing section, trains personnel in compounding and as- sists in general pharmaceutical Work as required. The technician in charge of the Ward Order Section is responsible for the proper filling, labeling and dispensing of all drug orders for wards, departments and clinics. He maintains inventory of stock and usage rate of issues. He provides re-labeling services as required and performs gen- eral pharmaceutical Work in other sections. The function of the Outpatient prescription section is to fill all prescriptions, military or civilian, for authorized persons who are not patients in the hospital. The prescrip- tions are presented at the incoming window, where the identification card is checked, the name is verified, and the number of prescriptions presented Written on each one. The prescriptions are then given to the typist, who types the label and passes it along for filling. At the dispensing win- dow, the label is checked against the prescription, the item is verified, the label is numbered and applied, the general appearance is checked and the medication is issued. It is the responsibility of the technician in charge to maintain the stock and to supervise all of the above procedure. The purpose of the pre-packing section is to package the bulk medications prepared by the compounding section into the size bottles and jars most commonly dispensed by the out- patient section. Tablets are also pre-packed. The person in charge of this section is responsible for the proper filling, identification, labeling as required and maintenance of a reserve stock. One Pharmacy Technician is assigned to the Coronado Annex for the filling of outpatient prescriptions. The tech- nician so assigned is responsible for the maintenance of stock, receipt, labeling, accurate filling, numbering, appear- ance of final product and dispensingto the patient named. Supplies and compounding services are supplied by the Pharmacy at U. S. Naval Hospital. . COMMANDER JOHN BERETTA, MSC, USN ' Chief, Pharmacy Service ' President. San Diego Society of Hospital Pharmacists

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In addition to working in the sections assigned, all tech- Non-technicians are rotated at more frequent intervals to nicians are called upon to assist in any other section if re- enable them to become acquainted with all phases of Phar- Xxxy X fi., OUTPATIENTS: Jackson Mewborn, HMC. W ,R , in I .W reaffirm W - - - t l at ' Q f. K: A I . E -- . , I Q.. ' . ,I ,111 M, litggili.. E 3 Q..-Q. Zz. . s zi, F 5 Q at l f .W ' WEIGHINC INGREDIENTS: J. J. Steil. HMI, J. A. Lewis, AN. 'Wfmmum ' ' ,:,... 1 4 . . ii r IEEE M 1Q: I.. i 5 .tt un' H, , ., 'siz' I 'Q Mm -gs-,X Q f S Q gp.-v a. a,pf,,gp - 1 A' ' . J I 1 Q .f 111 , ywi- . . e . M , I i2'g..s'5f1 .. - fl 7' . 'gif' i. ' .. V. :L I' ass, lt . 'e ' .QRS X 4, ye -...N I . 4 L ' KWH . ,J E i-.-B. ,gu Q ' J :Q 75 QE' ,E-' :Mg 4 l - P .4 wr X Z? s fs 6 Q Q I S N I ii 3 K . I n FY4 M .V gg aff l rr - L . . ' . f. 'S W' flgx' Q f . W i i i I F A' A rr' WARD ORDERS: ll. C. Stanford, HNQ G. B. Nloulthrop, HMC. n,.....,MV PREPACKING -f- Right to left: H. A. Monahan, H1I3g C. C. Free- man, HN, D. R. Sperry, HM3g M. C. Stanford, HN. quired. The technicians are rotated from section to section. macy. 3 X l BUSY PHARMACISTS: Paul Peterson, HMCg Chief Mewhorng Barbara White, HMIg Monte Stanford, HN. 3 , J., Q f Q- Q J 2 11 Vi is sf' MH! 'M it 'W J Z' E .. 'N--., ,X pf' l , f PACKAGING: H. A. Monahan, HMs. l i I 3 X --nn FILLING ORDERS: Chief Klewhorn. I25