Q. What is satellite pharmacy service? Give its location and advantage.

Satellite pharmacy services are the sub- pharmacies which receive their supplies from main pharmacy. In hospital, where the main sections of pharmacy such as storing, manufacturing, dispensing are separated from each other it is advisable to develop satellite pharmacies at the nursing station.

Location:  Satellite pharmacies are located on each floor or alternate floor of the hospital. This concept is being adopted in very big hospitals which have multistoried  building in a single premises.

Advantages:

1. Availability of pharmacist to the patient and nursing for counselling.
2. Pharmacist at nursing station take patient drug history and monitor patient for drug reaction
3. Drug distributed efficiently.
4. Drug distribution time can be reduced.
5. No error in  drug distribution.