Responsibility charting in a consultative pharmacy service.
A task-oriented approach to providing an aminoglycoside consultation service was implemented at the University of Maryland Hospital. The interdisciplinary nature of the consultation service required that involved practitioners have a thorough understanding of the responsibility of every other provider involved in the program. The development of a system in which individuals were assigned specific task-oriented responsibilities for the service is described.
D000617:Aminoglycosides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004346:Drug Information Services; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008396:Maryland; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011996:Records / Q000592:standards; D012017:Referral and Consultation