Abstract:
Clinical and hospital pharmacy services are not just medical and pharmaceutical sciences but also occupy
significant placement in healthcare system. Pakistan is a developing state with a huge prerequisite for changes in the
general wellbeing framework, specially hospital and clinical aspect of pharmaceutical services. The principal intention of
this study is to analyze the services offered by different pharmacies in hospitals of Karachi in terms of infrastructure and
personnel service qualities. The study was conducted in a cross sectional way that included stratified sampling technique.
Reactions were broken down utilizing descriptive and inferential insights of measurements. The fundamental result
procedures incorporated the scope of hospital pharmacy services, the general recruitment of clinical drug specialists
(pharmacist), the product and equipment used in hospital pharmacy services, the background of staff (educational),
acquisition of proficient training mode, practical involvement and experience. The clinical pharmacy facilities coverage
mutually on the departmental scale (median =22.43%) and patient scale (median =17.25%) do not comply the 100%
coverage that is obligatory for standard practices. In addition, 48.65% of the pooled hospitals data has shown absence of
distinct administration rules for hospital and clinical pharmacists, and 45.33% lacks the use of rational drug software. It
is concluded that important parameters like drug monitoring, medication records keeping; appropriate drug information
software’s and quality assurance in hospitals still need attention for better patient outcomes.
