Pharmacy Department

The Pharmacy team at Shenzhen United Family Hospital (SZU) comprises with outstanding pharmacists who have either studied or worked at overseas or have experience working in local 3A tertiary hospitals. They regularly attend training programs both in China and overseas to keep up with the latest development in pharmacy field, and to provide patients with refined services to ensure patient safety.

Highlights in medication management

The SZU Pharmacy is strictly managed in accordance with high standards. We have a wide range of medications made by imported or joint venture companies. The brand of medication and their suppliers are carefully chosen, and a temperature-controlled supply chain for medications is strictly controlled to ensure consistency and quality of medicines.

We are committed to improving patient experience while ensuring the quality of our pharmaceutical care. Each physician’s prescription is reviewed by our pharmacists to ensure that safe medication therapy is being provided. Our pharmacists also provide drug information and patient education on how to take or use them when dispensing.

We use an electronic health information system that keeps a record of each patient’s complete medication history so as to discover drug safety information, such as drug allergies and drug interactions, in a timely manner.

Individualized pharmaceutical services

At Shenzhen United Family Hospital, pharmacists are able to step out of the pharmacy and become an important member of the multidisciplinary medical team, ensuring the quality and safety of your medication from admission to discharge.

【Medication Reconciliation】

At the time of admission, the pharmacist collects a medication history from patients, including prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, nutritional supplements, and allergy history. At the same time, the inpatient medication orders are evaluated to ensure the accuracy and consistency of medication therapy. Pharmacists will also follow up the patients after discharging them from hospital through telephone and always keep up with a patient’s condition.

【Pain Management】

By collecting the patient’s pain medication history and screening for opioid drug tolerance, our pharmacists are able to provide recommendation for physicians to determine pain management options while guiding nurses to assess patients’ pain to ensure prompt adjustment to the patient’s analgesic therapy.

【Antimicrobial Stewardship】

Our multidisciplinary team, led by a clinical pharmacist, is responsible for monitoring, giving guidance, and training on the use of antimicrobials in our hospital. We also collect, analyze and report monthly data on antimicrobial usage through hospital information system and educate patients and their families to ensure the safe and rational use of antimicrobial drug therapy at the hospital.

【Summary】

Our Pharmacists are always ready to answer questions about your medicines.

You can also bring medications that are expired or no longer used back to the pharmacy for proper disposal by our professional staff.