1 , hospitals have increased their focus on the prevention of medical errors especially those involving medications. This report noted that bar coding is " an effective remedy " for medication errors, a " simple way to ensure that the identity and dose of the drug are as prescribed, that it is being given to the right patient, and that all of the steps in the dispensing and administration proce...

High expenditure and increasing health care costs are prime concerning factors in the health care system globally. In some of the developing countries WHO reported out-of-pocket payments as high as 80% of health care spending.1 At present Pakistan is spending only 1.2% of GDP on pharmaceuticals and despite more than 40000 registered brands in the country2 essential and life-saving drugs are mis...

BACKGROUND There is little literature available on dispensing patterns and unsupervised sale of medicines from pharmacies in developing countries. OBJECTIVE This study obtained background information on pharmacies, assessed the level of training, knowledge and dispensing patterns of pharmacy attendants in Karachi. METHODOLOGY This is a descriptive cross sectional study with convenient sampl...

OBJECTIVE In this study we present the development of a database of psychoactive drugs dispensed to patients attended by the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) in the city of Manhuaçu, Minas Gerais and the pattern of drug prescription in this city. METHODS 827 patients under psychoactive treatment and attended by SUS were surveyed and information such as gender, degree of education, age, ma...

INTRODUCTION This paper aims to illustrate the use of computer simulation in evaluating the impact of a prototype automated dispensing system on waiting time in an outpatient pharmacy and its potential as a routine tool in pharmacy management. MATERIALS AND METHODS A discrete event simulation model was developed to investigate the impact of a prototype automated dispensing system on operation...

As there is no evidence of previous studies on evaluating the level of job satisfaction and the major causes of dissatisfaction among the pharmacists in Iran, this study was designed. This study is a cross-sectional descriptive analysis of pharmacists practicing in Tehran private-sector pharmacies. We selected a stratified random sampling using number of prescriptions as a variable for stratifi...

Abstract Introduction Pharmaceutical services for visually impaired (VI) individuals are lacking, both worldwide and in Saudi Arabia (SA). Little evidence exists effective pharmaceutical interventions to support medicines optimisation this population (1). The Medical Research Council advocates theory-based intervention development feasibility testing before full implementation. A study ‘asks wh...

BACKGROUND The Birmingham Free Clinic (BFC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA is a free, walk-in clinic that serves medically uninsured populations through the use of volunteer health care providers and an on-site medication dispensary. The introduction of an electronic medical record (EMR) has improved several aspects of clinic workflow. However, pharmacists' tasks involving medication manageme...