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[Pharmaceutical care in a social-healthcare center]
M García-Mina Freire1, T Giménez Poderós, M D García Fernández
1Servicio de Farmacia, Residencia La Vaguada, Pamplona. farmacia@seresgerna.com
Objective:
To reflect the activity of the pharmacy department within the nursing home s multidisciplinary team, and to assess care improvements received by residents, including a better use of drugs.
Method:
In addition to pharmacotherapeutical guidelines and a standardized work procedure listing generic and therapeutic replacements to be implemented, selected procedures were specified in order to ensure a rational use of drugs and to increase the quality of care received by residents in our center. Such procedures will be performed by the center s multidisciplinary team and will focus on caring the caring for so-called geriatric syndromes.
Results:
After an assessment of treatments for 125 patients and a 3-month follow-up, 10 interventions per patient were performed, out of which 4.74 were pharmacist interventions and 5.26 were to increase quality of care.
Conclusions:
The presence of the pharmacy department within the multidisciplinary team ensures a better use of drugs and a safe delivery system. Its activity contributes to improve quality of care, most notably procedures regarding nutritional status, and the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers.
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