The purposes of these guidelines are to (1) propose goals and objectives for the safe use of automated dispensing devices in the medication-use process, (2) provide guidance on the safe use of automated dispensing devices to pharmacists and others involved in the medication-use process, (3) advise vendors of automated dispensing devices about the safety needs of health care professionals who us...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate Qatari pharmacists' prescribing, labeling, dispensing and counseling practices in response to acute community-acquired gastroenteritis. METHODS The simulated patient method was used in this study. Thirty pharmacies in Doha were randomly selected and further randomized into two groups: Face-to-Face (n=15) vs. Telephone-call (n=15) per simulated patient; 2 simulated patien...

Antibiotic resistance is a major public health concern. This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes of community pharmacists regarding antibiotic use and potential drug resistance besides assessing their behaviors about dispensing antibiotic without prescription and correlation of the outcomes with demographic variables. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a random sampl...

Separation of medical practice from pharmaceutical dispensing had been a system with just the notation without the reality even after Showa era, although its concept was brought into Japan along with European medicine in Meiji era. Since 1970's, its concept has been prevailing gradually, and the so-called separation rate currently has reached to 47 percent. Increasingly keen attention has been ...

Community pharmacies in Nepal serve both rural and urban populations and are an integral part of the Nepalese healthcare system. These community pharmacies are run by non-pharmacist professionals with orientation training on pharmacology and drug dispensing. Graduate pharmacists' involvement in community pharmacy will help with patient counselling, dispensing of medication and promotion of safe...

OBJECTIVE To determine if a prototype pharmacists' services evaluation programme that uses linked community pharmacy claims and health administrative data to measure pharmacists' performance can be used to identify characteristics of pharmacies providing higher quality of care. DESIGN Population-based cohort study using community pharmacy claims from 1 November 2009 to 30 June 2010. SETTING...

-Adopting an historical and international perspective, this article explores and analyses the relationship and controversy between pharmacists and dispensing doctors in South Africa. In order to gain a better insight into this troublesome relationship, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods has been employed. The findings reveal a deep ongoing sense of competition, which is manif...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the status of community pharmacies, their staff, and practices toward dispensing antibiotics. DESIGN Cross-sectional, prospective. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Community pharmacies in two districts of central Nepal, from March 2016 to May 2016. METHODS A systematic random sampling approach was adopted to sample 161 community pharmacies. Data on the registration status...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this pilot study was to assess the value of the dispensing service of pharmacists from the general public's perspective using the contingent valuation technique in the State of Penang, Malaysia. METHODS Participants were conveniently sampled from malls and were given a self-completed questionnaire that collected the patient's demographic information and their knowledge ab...