University Town Hospital – Pharmacy Department

【Overview】 Established in 2007, the University City Pharmacy Department is a pharmaceutical technical service department integrating operations, teaching, and research and based on promoting scientific clinical practice and rational medication use. It undertakes the supply and dispensing of clinical medicines for University City Hospital, decoction of traditional Chinese medicines, clinical pharmacy services, research, and teaching of pharmacy personnel. The department has always taken providing high-quality pharmaceutical services for clinical care and patients as its mission, with more than 60 pharmacy staff working at various pharmacy posts. It includes the Chinese medicine pharmacy, Western medicine pharmacy, central pharmacy, inpatient Chinese medicine pharmacy, clinical pharmacy office, warehouse, Chinese medicine decoction room, and pricing and charging office. The department currently has 69 staff members, including 1 senior professional at the highest rank, 1 deputy senior professional, 29 intermediate professionals, and 1 master’s supervisor. The department has always worked closely with clinical practice, kept abreast of trends in discipline development, and combined the hospital’s clinical application foundation. With patients at the center, it has established a strategic development model focused on improving overall service standards and quality. It comprehensively carries out hospital pharmacy work by establishing a safety assurance system for pharmacy dispensing, providing clinical pharmacy services, and training specialists in Chinese medicine identification, thereby promoting discipline development, rational medication use, and safe and effective medication for patients. 【Department Features】 1. Chinese herbal pieces. Quality is the foundation of survival and the soul of management. The quality of Chinese herbal pieces directly affects the clinical efficacy and medication safety of traditional Chinese medicine. In practice, the pharmacy department has established a scientific and effective quality-control management system for Chinese herbal pieces, focusing on strictly controlling supplier qualifications, taking the lead in combining modern science and technology with traditional processing techniques, taking the lead in implementing small-package reform for herbal pieces, and creating a complete in-hospital quality-control chain for Chinese herbal pieces. All Chinese herbal pieces used by our hospital are supplied by manufacturers with national GMP certification and with standardized management, large-scale production, standardized quality, modern testing methods, and integrated systems for procurement, production, processing, and sales. We have established an in-hospital quality-management system for Chinese herbal pieces and implemented strict, standardized management at every circulation stage, including drug acceptance, warehousing, storage, maintenance, release from storage, dispensing, distribution, use, and supervision. We have implemented information-based management throughout the medication process and provide traceable, complete records of the warehousing, release, and use of Chinese herbal pieces. Acceptance staff, warehouse staff, and dispensing staff receive standardized training and assessment to ensure implementation of quality-control measures. 2. Since 2007, the department has undertaken 4 projects at the department and bureau level, received 1 third prize of the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, and served as chief editor of 2 academic monographs. 【Staff Structure】 Department director: Lou Buqing. Attending physician position: Li Juan. Deputy chief Chinese pharmacist: Chen Wenliang. Supervising Chinese pharmacists and pharmacists: She Ganshu, Zhang Dongli, Pan Zhi ran, Qiu Lizhen, Ye Yinglin, Qiu Liangri, Tang Weidong, Lao Qiaolian, Ou Nengfeng, Zhao Wan, Lei Xu, Rao Liming, Liu Guoliang, Deng Zhiyue, Liang Zhaohui, Wu Liqiang, Lin Lianghui, Chen Shuyun, Wu Kaibo, Wu Sunzhi, Zhu Yuexin, Li Xiaoling, Liu Yingying, Guo Xiaochun, Cao Yinghuan, Fan Wansi, Chen Yangqing, and Yang Shangyi.