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[Analysis of pharmaceutical intervention in outpatients pharmacy department]
Purpose:
To analize the pharmaceutical interventions made in outpatients pharmacy department of a secondary hospital.
Methods:
Retrospective and observational study of pharmaceutical interventions made from October 1st 2010 to December 31st 2011. RECORDED DATA: Number of patients, age at the end of the study, diagnostic, prescribing departments, drug-related problems (DRP), negative outcomes associated with medication (NOM), type of pharmaceutical interventions.
Results:
231 DRP were found and a pharmaceutical intervention was performed for each DRP in 184 different patients. The main DRPs detected were: drugs interactions (26%), prescription mistakes (15, 6%) and non-compliance (15, 6%). Only 26 (11,2%) DRP caused a NOM. Most interventions were: recommendating treatment changes (35,6%), promoting the monitorization of the effectiveness of treatment (34,6%) and increasing adherence (15,6%).
Conclusion:
The pharmacist activity allows individualized monitoring and is crucial to avoid NOM.
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