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[Pharmaceutical analysis of medication orders in health care facilities: A France-Quebec comparison]
S Dubois1, G Leguelinel-Blache2, M Thibault3
1Cité sanitaire Georges Charpak, 11, boulevard Georges-Charpak, BP 414, 44606 Saint-Nazaire cedex, France.
Objectives:
The pharmaceutical analysis of drug prescriptions is one of the key steps in the drug circuit. This mandatory regulatory practice in France and Quebec is based on national standards. The main objective of this work was to compare the practical methods of pharmaceutical analysis performed in French and Quebec university hospitals.
Methods:
This is a prospective comparative survey conducted in 2 French and Quebec university hospital centres among pharmacists and pharmacy residents.
Results:
The response rate to the survey was 60% (45/75). Between 16 and 22 elements were deemed necessary to structure the centralized, decentralized or mixed pharmaceutical analysis. The chronological ranking of these elements was comparable between the French and Quebec participants. All participants were in favour of the development of initial and continuing training in pharmaceutical analysis. Finally, the majority of participants were against using individual pharmaceutical analysis performance indicators to optimize the process (82%; 37/45).
Conclusions:
The French-Quebec practice of prescription analysis by a ward-pharmacist complies with national standards. The main differences in the practice of pharmaceutical analysis are related to the types of organization, the tools available and the length of time pharmacists have been deployed in care units in France and Quebec.
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