Variability of pharmaceutical provision to nursing homes from hospital pharmacy services
Abstract Objective To analyse the situation and the possible variability of pharmaceutical provision to public nursing homes included in the “Project pilot” from hospital pharmacy services of the Andalusian Health Service. Method Cross-sectional multicenter study. A questionnaire of 36 questions including: nursing homes characteristics, legislation, pharmacotherapeutic guide and prescription, preparation and transport, dispensation, administration, pharmaceutical activity and healthcare data. Results We included 13 nursing homes. Everyone had a medicines store. All dispensed in individualized unit dose. Three nursing homes did not have a work space for the pharmacist. The pharmacist did not move to the nursing home in three of them. Conclusions Although there is some variability in the pharmaceutical provision to nursing homes included in the “Pilot Project”, we have identified strengths such as the dispensing of medicines as unit dose system and opportunities to improve such as the increase of the pharmacist’s presence in nursing homes.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Grupo Aula Médica
2019
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-63432019000300003 |
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