Pharmacy

Martin General Hospital’s pharmacy features a full-time doctor of pharmacy on staff that is supported by two board-certified pharmacy technicians. In addition to providing the hospital with medication, we also provide clinical services.

Our clinical services:

• Add or delete medications in the hospital’s inventory, based on the latest clinical research.
• Answer drug questions from hospital staff and patients.
• Automatically switch intravenous medications to oral, when needed. This reduces the risk of IV therapy and saves patients money.
• Continuously monitor patients’ medication profiles to ensure safety.
• Monitor patient liver and kidney function.
• Prepare and monitor all parenteral nutrition.
• Provide compounding medications and IV solutions that aren’t commercially available.
• Review antibiotic therapies to ensure that doses are appropriate and patient allergies are accounted for.

Pharmacy and patient safety:

• Electronic drug stations are on each nursing floor to store medicine for convenient access. They use a barcode technology so medicine must be checked by the pharmacy, med station and the nurse.
• High alert drugs are marked both in the main pharmacy and in the med stations.
• Pharmacists participate in the hospital’s Quality Improvement Team, finding ways to improve patient safety.
• The units help track medications, allowing for quicker reordering.