Conformity assessment of medical prescriptions and dispensation of antimicrobials
Objective: To evaluate the conformity of medical prescriptions and the dispensation of antimicrobials. Methods: Observational and descriptive study that analyzed the duplicates of all medical prescriptions of antimicrobials retained in a drugstore in São Luís-MA, from March to May 2012. A total of 5...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade de Fortaleza
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde |
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.unifor.br/index.php/RBPS/article/view/2394 |
| Summary: | Objective: To evaluate the conformity of medical prescriptions and the dispensation of antimicrobials. Methods: Observational and descriptive study that analyzed the duplicates of all medical prescriptions of antimicrobials retained in a drugstore in São Luís-MA, from March to May 2012. A total of 563 prescriptions were evaluated according to the legislation guidelines: data readability; identification of issuer and patient; name; quantity; pharmaceutical form; dosage and posology; date of issue and dispensation; percentage of medications; average number of medicines per prescription and occurrence of drug interactions. Results: A total of 1192 medicines, including 631 (53.2%) antimicrobials were found. The prescriptions were classified as readable (n=526; 93.60%), partially readable (n=31; 51%) and completely unreadable (n=5; 0.89%); 1.78% (n=10) presented erasures; 15.45% (n=86) did not present date of issue; and 6.57% (n=36) were out of date. Four data of compulsory identification were missing in over 90% of the prescriptions assessed (issuer’s address and phone number and patient’s age and sex). The absence of two of the variables required in the dispensation of antimicrobials was observed in 100% of the prescriptions assessed (Medicine batch number and the pharmacist’s signature). The most commonly prescribed antimicrobials were amoxicillin (n=220; 34.87%), metronidazole (n=136; 21.55%) and neomycin (n=81; 12.84%). Moderate (n=23; 4.08%) and minor (n=4; 0.72%) drug interactions were identified. Conclusion: The results of the present study demonstratethe non-compliance of both the medical prescriptions assessed and the dispensation process with the current legislation.
doi:10.5020/18061230.2014.p21 |
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| ISSN: | 1806-1222 1806-1230 |