Professional Nursing Duties in the Central Services: Hospital Pharmacy Nurses

Table 1

Activities recorded by the hospital pharmacy nurses in 2012-2013.

Activity	2012	%	2013	%	Total
Preparation of sterile mixtures in the BSC (Biological Safety Cabinet)	19844	43.30	19701	46.82	39545
Out-of-hours drug (single dose)	13614	29.71	10573	25.13	24187
Preparation of parenteral nutrition	6112	13.34	5622	13.36	11734
Preparation of sterile mixtures in the LFH (laminar flow hood)	1375	3.00	2097	4.98	3472
Dispensing of narcotics	4865	10.62	4078	9.69	8943
Direct techniques for outpatients	18	0.04	4	0.01	22
Total	45828	100	42075	100	87903