Issues on Source, Access, Extent, and Quality of Information Available Among Pharmacists and Pharmacy Personnel to Practice Effectively

Fathelrahman, Ahmed Ibrahim

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811228-1.00022-4

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“…Improving access to reliable and accurate information based on manufacturers and regulatory bodies supports the practice of pharmacists and other healthcare professionals concerning medical devices. Fathelrahman [11] recommends establishing information-sharing systems using resources of different institutions in low-and middle-income countries; it would overcome the scarcity of medicine information and reduce issues of access or quality. For example, health information centers could build online databases based on industry and regulator facilities and conduct regular training for practicing pharmacists.…”

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Readiness of Sudanese Pharmacists to Counsel Patients about Medical Devices

Fathelrahman¹

2020

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2020

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“…As the pharmacists were became the primary source of information on medicines and had the respect as well as appreciation of the healthcare team providers everywhere in the world; they should maintain their frontline position as information experts and providers, they must provide accurate, precise, current, and unbiased information and must be extremely effective, skilled, and competent when looking for and providing such information (12) . It has been indicated that DI provided by pharmacists in the settings of community pharmacy are usually associated with better patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical care services (13) .…”

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Drug Information Resources in Iraqi Community Pharmacies (Conference Paper) #

Radeef¹,

Saleh²

2023

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Abstract Drug information resources are the information that is used in medications discovery, utilization, and management. Little information about different types of resources used by Iraqi community pharmacists is known. Therefore, the objectives were to determine drug information resources' type do the pharmacists used and the common drug information questions they faced during their work in community pharmacy. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in different Iraqi provinces and online self-reported survey was introduced through Google Form Software to an appropriate sample of graduated pharmacists who were working in a private community pharmacy and having at least one year of experience between February 27 and May 15, 2021. The researchers received 201 usable surveys. British National Formulary was used by 47% of the surveyed pharmacists to find specific information, followed by "Pharmacotherapy(s) and Applied Therapeutics" (16.9% for both). On the other hand, internet was used by 93% of the surveyed pharmacists and Google search engine (65%) and Medscape application (62%) were frequently surfed to find specific drug information and 81% of pharmacists trusted in this information and passed them to consumers. Safety of drugs during pregnancy and lactation periods was the most frequently question received from the patients (60.7%). In conclusion pharmacists prefer to surf specific internet websites to collect specific information about medicines and they referred to pharmaceutical textbooks if available at their pharmacies to get such information. The pharmacist is the person who is more often accessed by patients and the patients follow pharmacist's instruction for specific drug related questions.

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Issues on Source, Access, Extent, and Quality of Information Available Among Pharmacists and Pharmacy Personnel to Practice Effectively

Cited by 2 publications

References 42 publications

Readiness of Sudanese Pharmacists to Counsel Patients about Medical Devices

Readiness of Sudanese Pharmacists to Counsel Patients about Medical Devices

Drug Information Resources in Iraqi Community Pharmacies (Conference Paper) #

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