Pharmaceutical services at Sint Radboud Hospital

This article describes a contemporary pharmaceutical and clinical pharmacy program at a major university medical center in The Netherlands. The service components described illustrate practice concepts on an international basis. The number of professional personnel and their training vary considerably among the nations, and this requires imagination in adapting practice concepts in various countries. Several types of technical persons are used to support the professional role of the pharmacist at Sint Radboud Hospital. Pharmaceutical research and international liaison are high priorities in the department of clinical pharmacy. Primary differences at Sint Radboud, as compared with U.S. hospitals, are the use of various supportive personnel and a continuing drug analysis/quality control program for commercial pharmaceuticals.