The general purpose of the Medical Device workgroup are as follows:
- Promote rational use of medical devices.
- Encourage participation of hospital pharmacists in the management of medical devices.
- To encourage hospital pharmacists to use medical devices in the patients’ benefit.
- Prepare documents and standardized work procedures for the assessment, selection and use of medical devices in hospitals.
- Encourage hospital pharmacists to perform clinical, educational and research activities in the realm of medical devices.
The specific goals of the workgroup are as follows:
- Being together all hospital pharmacists with a special interest in and special dedication to medical devices.
- Facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experiences between professionals.
- Encourage pharmacists’ participation in the selection of medical devices for their hospital’s formulary.
- Prepare consensus-based documents and procedures for assessing, selecting and using medical devices in hospitals.
- Make available useful information on medical devices to hospital pharmacists.
- Promote the organization of training courses and debates on medical devices and other matters of professional interest, geared particularly towards pharmacy residents.
- Perform and promote multi-center research.
- Collaborate with other health professionals and other scientific societies.
- Actively participate in the application of medical devices in pharmaceutical care.