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Clinical Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology offers a range of services, including therapeutic drug monitoring, consultation liaison for patients with pharmacological problems and various process issues with drug prescribing and availability.  The department also aims to enhance safe and cost effective drug therapy within the hospital. 
 

Other activities include teaching of under-graduate and post-graduate medical students, nursing staff and allied health staff and undertaking ongoing clinical and basic pharmacology research.
 

Drug Evaluation

• Provides an inpatient consultation liaison service for difficult therapeutic or toxicological problems within the hospital
• Reviews requests for on-SDL drugs for individual patient use
• Involved in therapeutic drug monitoring.

 

Safe Medication Practice

• A Safe Medication Practice Officer role coordinates hospital initiatives for medication safety.

 

Education

• Involved in education of medical and pharmacy students
• Medication Risk Awareness sessions and ongoing inservice education in Nursing
• Presentations at hospital education sessions (e.g. grand rounds)

 

Research

Clinical Pharmacology is involved in a variety of research projects e.g. drug utilisation projects, Wave II - the National Medication Safety Breakthrough Collaborative.

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Location: Level 1 Ned Hanlon Building Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Metro North Health Service District

Telephone: (07) 3636 8111 Facsimile:   (07) 3636 2600