Introduction: Pharmacists and pharmaceutical services are among the most important resources and programs in providing health for a society. Pharmacists as the key players in presenting health services, greatly impact on the health of a society and if they suffer low job satisfaction, their dissatisfaction may relatively threaten health in a society. This study was conducted to determine Irania...

Specialist pharmacists have become an established feature of the antibiotic stewardship landscape in hospitals throughout the UK over the last decade. This review examines the origins of the specialist antibiotic pharmacist and how the role has developed in recent years. Antibiotic pharmacists fulfil a vital function in modern National Health Service hospitals as key members of the infection co...

Pharmacists play an important role within a multidisciplinary health care team in the care of patients with heart failure (HF). It has been evaluated and documented that pharmacists providing medication reconciliation especially during transition of care, educating patients on their medications, and providing collaborative medication management lead to positive changes in the patient outcomes, ...

The purpose of this study was to determine if pharmacists’ decision making could be modified by providing probabilities for efficacy and adverse reactions for antihypertensive agents using case scenarios. Five groups of pharmacists were prospectively evaluated. Pharmacists recommended antihypertensive therapy for eight cases. After a two week washout pharmacists again selected antihypertensive ...

OBJECTIVE To be utilized for the development of pharmacists' intervention service by determining factors which affect pharmacists' prescription interventions. SETTING Patients who were admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in internal medicine departments in Korea. METHODS Data including age, gender, clinical departments, length of hospital stay, status of organ dysfunction, intervention ...

OBJECTIVE To describe and evaluate the training and support provided to the first cohort of community pharmacists to supply progestogen-only emergency contraception (POEC) under a Patient Group Direction (PGD) in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham, London. DESIGN The study comprised (a) a systematic analysis of written and oral data from pharmacists before and during training, and at 5 and 13-14...

PURPOSE The purpose of this survey is to outline pharmacy services in hospitals on a regional level in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS A modified-American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) survey questionnaire as pertinent to Saudi Arabia was used to conduct a national survey. After discussing with the pharmacy directors of 48 hospitals in the Riyadh region over the phone on th...

National UK standards for critical care highlight the need for clinical pharmacists to practice at an advanced level and above. The aim of this research paper was to describe the views of UK critical care pharmacists on the current provision of Advanced Level Practice (ALP) education and accreditation. It sought to identify whether there is a need for a national or regional training programme. ...

As the world's population ages, global health care systems will face the burden of chronic diseases and polypharmacy use among older adults. The traditional tasks of medication dispensing and provision of basic education by pharmacists have evolved to active engagement in direct patient care and collaborative team-based care. The care of older patients is an especially fitting mission for pharm...

So why should you care about these 2 initiatives? Many hospital pharmacists perceive that the Blueprint for Pharmacy is only for community pharmacists, and others feel that the Blueprint has no relevance for them because they already practise in an advanced clinical role. However, many pharmacists face resource and staffing challenges that hinder their advancement, and the Blueprint is designed...