Prevalence of tablet splitting in a Brazilian tertiary care hospital

Prevalence of tablet splitting in a Brazilian tertiary care hospital

Background: Although a highly common practice in hospital care, tablet splitting can cause dose variation and reduce drug stability, both of which impair drug therapy. Objective: To determine the overall prevalence of tablet splitting in hospital care as evidence supporting the rational prescript...

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Main Authors: Vivianne V. Melo, Gessyka R. Pereira, Amanda Q. Soares, Izabel C. Silva, Stephania F. Taveira, Marcílio Cunha-Filho, Ricardo N. Marreto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas 2020-06-01
Series:Pharmacy Practice
Subjects:
drug stability
tablets
drug prescriptions
inpatients
prevalence
medication errors
reproducibility of results
drug industry
cross-sectional studies
brazil
Online Access:https://pharmacypractice.org/journal/index.php/pp/article/view/1910

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