scholarly journals Community pharmacists’ attitudes toward dispensing errors at community pharmacy setting in Central Saudi Arabia

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed N. Al-Arifi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Pharmacy Setting ◽  
Dispensing Errors

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding Drug Abuse and Misuse among Community Pharmacists in Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1334
Author(s):  
Abdulmajeed M. Mobrad ◽  
Sultan Alghadeer ◽  
Wajid Syed ◽  
Mohamed N. Al-Arifi ◽  
Arafah Azher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
College Education ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Drug Misuse ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Controlled Drugs

Background and Objective: Several over-the-counter drugs have been documented as an essential issue in the community pharmacy setting owing to their liability to abuse. Pharmacists act as a critical monitor for these concerns and evaluate the seriousness of the patients’ condition. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding drug abuse and misuse among pharmacists at a community pharmacy in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study using a validated self-administered questionnaire was carried out among community pharmacists over three months April to June 2019. The survey had 25 items on the experience, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, strategies, and opinions of participants toward drug abuse and misuse. Results: A total of 239 community pharmacists responded to the survey. About 84% of them had received training on drug misuse or abuse. The majority of community pharmacists (85.8%) would like to be provided educational programs on drug abuse in the future. Nearly all the pharmacists (94.9%) reported providing suitable advice to suspected drug misusers either in written or oral form at their pharmacies. Approximately 31% agreed or strongly agreed to dispense controlled drugs through a pharmacy. Regarding the ethical matter of selling misusers controlled drugs, 93.7% of the respondents believed that it is deceptive to offer misusers controlled medications. A comparison of knowledge and beliefs (univariate analysis) showed that the results were significant only for respondents who had graduated from Yemen (p = 0.007) and respondents who had an experience of four to six years or more (p < 0.01). Conclusion: The findings revealed that the majority of community pharmacists had been trained in recognizing drug abuse or dependence during their pharmacy college education. In addition, majority of them reported that they warned or counseled patients about the occurrence of adverse drug reactions to specific medications. However, majority of them agreed that selling controlled drugs is unethical in a community pharmacy. Thus, effective implementation of pharmaceutical rules and laws is a fundamental need in the Saudi Arabian health care system and we suggest stringent execution of the regulations by the Saudi health care authorities.

Pharmacist’s Demand for Optimal Primary Care Service Delivery in a Community Pharmacy: The OPTiPharm Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 1069-1076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Munger ◽  
Michael Walsh ◽  
Jon Godin ◽  
Michael Feehan
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Services ◽  
Pharmacy Setting

Background: The US population continues to expand providing the need for primary health care services. Community pharmacies integrated with medicine may provide greater access while providing high quality care. Objective: To gauge pharmacists’ demand for primary health care services delivered through community pharmacies. Methods: An online survey was administered to determine community pharmacists’ preferences for varying primary care services that could be offered in the community pharmacy setting. A Discrete Choice Experiment was employed to show pharmacists competing scenarios with varied primary care service offerings in the community pharmacy setting. Attributes evaluated were operation hours, service provider, medical records, service logistics, physical examinations, point-of-care diagnostic testing, preventative care, and drug prescribing. Respondents chose the scenario most likely to induce switching employment from base pharmacy to one providing advanced services. Results: The optimal service delivery model from 291 community pharmacists comprised: inclusion of patient prescriptions and health information into the patient’s medical record; provision of point of care testing and vital sign, including blood pressure, heart rate and breathing rate, and blood sugar and cholesterol measurement; and pharmacists prescribing (under physician oversight). Pharmacists were 4 times more likely to switch employment from their current pharmacy to their choice for advanced pharmacy services. Pharmacist demand was highest among those with a PharmD, less experience, working >40 hours per week, and in rural areas. Conclusions: This study provides empirical support for the model of pharmacists playing a greater role in the provision of primary care health services through community pharmacy settings.

scholarly journals 164. Restriction of Antimicrobials Dispensing without Prescription on a National Level: Impact on the Overall Antimicrobial Utilization in Community Pharmacies in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S192-S192
Author(s):  
Khalid Eljaaly ◽  
Ahmed Al-Jedai ◽  
Yasser Almogbel ◽  
Nasser Alqahtani ◽  
Hajer Almudaiheem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Consumption Rate ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Enforcement ◽  
Defined Daily Dose ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Antimicrobial Utilization ◽  
Pharmacy Setting

Abstract Background High rates of non-prescription dispending of antimicrobials has led to a significant increase in antimicrobial overuse and misuse in Saudi Arabia (SA). The objective of this study was to evaluate antimicrobial utilization following enforcement of a new prescription-only antimicrobial dispensing policy in the community pharmacy setting in SA. Methods Data were extracted from the IQVIA database between May 2017 and May 2019. Antimicrobial consumption rate based on the sales, defined daily dose in grams (DDD), DDD/1000 inhabitants’/day (DID), and antimicrobial claims for pre-policy (May 2017 to April 2018) and post-policy (June 2018 to May 2019) periods was assessed. Results Overall antimicrobial utilization slightly declined (~9-10%) in post-policy vs. pre-policy period (sales, 31,334 vs.34,492 thousand units; DDD, 183,134 vs. 202,936 thousand grams), with an increase in the number of claims (~16%) after policy implementation. There was a sudden drop in the consumption rate immediately after policy enforcement; however, the values increased subsequently, matching closely to the pre-policy values. Consumption patterns were similar in both periods. Penicillins were the most commonly used antimicrobial (sales, 14,700 - 11,648 thousand units; DDD, 71,038 - 91,227 thousand grams; DID, 2.88 - 3.78). For both the periods, the highest dip in utilization was observed in July (sales, 1,027 - 1,559 thousand units; DDD, 6,194 - 9,399 thousand grams), while the highest spike was in March/October (sales, 3,346 - 3,884 thousand units; DDD, 22,329 - 19,453 thousand grams). Conclusion Non-prescription antimicrobial utilization reduced minimally following policy implementation in the community pharmacy setting across SA. Measures to aid effective implementation of prescription-only regulations are necessary. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

scholarly journals Community pharmacists’ experiences with the Saskatchewan Medication Assessment Program

2019 ◽  
Vol 152 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krysta Currie ◽  
Charity Evans ◽  
Kerry Mansell ◽  
Jason Perepelkin ◽  
Derek Jorgenson
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Assessment Program ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Employer Support ◽  
Pharmacy Setting

Background: The Saskatchewan Medication Assessment Program (SMAP) is a publicly funded community pharmacy–based medication assessment service with limited previous evaluation. The purpose of this study was to explore community pharmacists’ experiences with the SMAP. Methods: Online, self-administered questionnaire that consisted of a combination of 53 Likert scale and free-text questions. All licensed pharmacists who were practising in a community pharmacy setting in Saskatchewan were eligible to participate. Results: Response rate was 20.3% ( n = 228/1124). Most respondents agreed that the SMAP is achieving all of its intended purposes. For example, 89.7% agreed that the SMAP improved medication safety for patients who receive the service. Most pharmacists enjoyed performing the assessments (84.6%) and were confident in their ability to identify drug-related problems (88.3%). Pharmacists reported lack of time, patients having difficulty coming to the pharmacy and restrictive eligibility criteria as the top barriers to the SMAP. Good teamwork, employer support and personal professional commitment were the top recognized facilitators. Respondents made several suggestions to improve the SMAP in the free-text areas of the questionnaire. Conclusions: Community pharmacists in Saskatchewan were positive and confident about performing medication assessments, and most agreed that the SMAP is achieving all of the intended purposes. Respondents also identified several barriers to providing SMAP services, which have resulted in specific recommendations that should be addressed to improve the program.

scholarly journals Medication safety problems priorities in community pharmacy in Saudi Arabia: a multi-stakeholder Delphi study using the human factors framework

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. e032419
Author(s):  
Lobna Abdullah Al Juffali ◽  
Peter Knapp ◽  
Sinaa Al-Aqeel ◽  
Margaret C Watson
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Medication Safety ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Response Scale ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

AimTo achieve multi-stakeholder consensus and prioritisation of medication safety problems in community pharmacies in Saudi Arabia.Design and interventionA theoretically-underpinned, three-round Delphi study.SettingSaudi Arabia.ParticipantsPatients and public (pharmacy users), pharmacy-related professionals (policymakers, academics, medication safety officers and pharmacy owners) and community pharmacists.MethodsRound 1 comprised 84 statements derived from a qualitative study. The items were grouped according to the Human Factors Framework (HFF). Rounds 1 and 2 aimed to achieve consensus, 6-point Likert response scale (agreement/disagreement) was used. Round 3 aimed to prioritise the items for which consensus was achieved in Rounds 1 and 2 indicated on a 5-point scale (very important to unimportant). Consensus was predefined as any item that achieved ≥70%.ResultsThe number of respondents in Rounds 1, 2 and 3 was 161, 120 and 112, respectively. In all three rounds, the majority of respondents were pharmacy users (Round 1 77% (n=124), Round 2 74% (n=89), Round 3 72% (n=81)). Consensus was achieved with 28/84 items. The top five medication safety priorities were: lack of pharmacy facilities such as counselling area, lack of communication between pharmacists and physicians, lack of patient databases, lack of post-registration pharmacist education and pharmacists’ long working hours. The professional and pharmacy user groups achieved consensus on similar items through different categories of the HFFs. Community pharmacists had the highest percentage of consensus among the three groups for factors related to work, such as high workload and low salaries.ConclusionThis multi-stakeholder study used the HFF to identify and prioritise the main medication safety challenges facing community pharmacy in Saudi Arabia. It indicates the need for changes to practice and policy and further research to address these priorities and promote medication safety at an individual, pharmacy and population level.

COUNSELLING ACTIVITIES OF DRUG USE IN 58 COMMUNITY PHARMACIES AT HUE CITY

2017 ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
Quoc Duong Doan ◽  
Thi Ha Vo
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Community Pharmacies ◽  
Cough Headache ◽  
Rational Drug ◽  
Question Survey

Background: Community pharmacists play an important role in counseling of rational drug use for population. The study aimed to characterize counselling activities of drug use and demand of counselling tools at some community pharmacies at Hue City. Materials and method: A 17-question survey were asked to fill pharmacy staffs of a convenient sample of 100 community pharmacies at Hue City from 2/2017 to 7/2017. Results: There were 58 pharmacies (58.0%) answered this survey. Cough, headache, fever, high blood pressure and diabetes were the most popular symptoms/diseases presented in pharmacies. Patients often need counselling about dose (82.8%) and when to take medicine (79.3%). The main bariers for counselling were a lack of time (53.4%), and of skills/medthods for counseling (31.7%). About 96.6% pharmacies demanded counselling tools and favorite formats were book (32.9%) or pocket handbook (29.3%). Conclusion: Most pharmacies demanded counselling tools. Other studies should be conducted to develop supporting tools for counseling and to assess the quality of counseling in pharmacies. Key words: community pharmacy, counseling of drug use, pharmacist, Hue

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