January 11, 1990
VA HANDBOOK 7610 (268)
CHAPTER 268. VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION - PHARMACY SERVICE
1. APPROVAL OF CRITERIA
Criteria approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on January 11, 1990.
2. DEFINITION
a. Pharmacy Service is responsible for the controlled dispensing of all drugs required in the delivery of health care.
Controlled dispensing includes the compounding of parenteral and other sterile admixtures, radiopharmaceuticals, and the
total drug utilization review process required to maintain a high quality of health care. This process provides information on
prescribing patterns, drug utilization review, frequency of individual drug and therapeutic categories, medication regimen
costs and adverse drug actions.
b. Pharmacy Service will provide drug information and consultation to the patient and all members of the health care team,
before, during and after the prescribing process.
c. Refer to the following space planning criteria chapters to determi ne additional requirements:
Chapter 104, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Center
Chapter 410, Environmental Management Service - LLTS
Chapter 252, Nuclear Medicine Service
3. PROGRAM DATA REQUIRED
a. Staffing projections by category for both inpatient and outpatient pharmacies and percentages of men and women.
(1) Inpatient Staff
(a) Requiring administrative office space or equivalent.
(b) Not requiring office space (e.g., prescription receiving, dispensing and filing personnel)
(2) Outpatient Staff
(a) Requiring administrative office space or equivalent.
(b) Not requiring office space (i.e., prescriptions receiving, dispersing and filing personnel)
b. Educational staff by category and percentages of men and women.
c. Projected number of MTOT students/trainees (maximum number of trainees typically on duty at one time) assigned to
each Pharmacy Service. Do not include those already accounted for in other chapters.
d. Is an Investigational Drug Program planned?
(1) If yes, required data is reported in Pharmacy Activities Report EPA -2RCS 10-0013.
e. Is a Substance Abuse Treatment Clinic planned?
f. Are Medication Preparation Areas planned?
268-1
Previous Page
