Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committe
Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committe
Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committe
COMMITTEE(PTC)
PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTIC
COMMITTEE(PTC)
The Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee (PTC) is an advisory
group that considers essentially all the matters related to the
use of drugs in a hospital including evaluation of drugs &
dosage forms and safe use of investigational drugs.
Advisory:
It recommends the adoption of policies regarding evaluation,
selection and therapeutic use of drugs.
Educational:
It assists in the preparation of programs for healthcare
professionals to update their current knowledge on matters
related to drugs and its use.
OPERATION OF PTC
Recommendations of the
committee shall be presented to
the medical staff.
FUNCTIONS
Outpatient prescriptions
should be written only on
hospital prescriptions and
should contain details of
patient, drug information
and name & signature of
physician.
Polices Regarding controlled drugs
prescribing