Pharmaceutical care in pediatric practice: the role of the pharmacist in the context of pharmacovigilance Introduction. In the world, the issue of Good Pharmacy Practice standards is taken care of by several international organizations -WHO, the International Pharmaceutical Federation and the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines. However, each state determines the priority components of pharmaceutical activity, which should be subject to mandatory state regulation.Pharmaceutical practice, provision of pharmaceutical care and pharmaceutical services by retail entities of medicines in Ukraine is carried out in compliance with the requirements of Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP), which is approved by the central executive body that ensures the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of health care as an industry standard in the form of guidelines. GPP and post-registration efficiency studies are approved by the central executive body that ensures the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of health care as industry standards in the form of guidelines adapted to the relevant requirements established by the European Union.The purpose of the study was to determine the role of the pharmacist in the context of pharmacovigilance during the provision of pharmaceutical care in pediatric practice.Materials and methods. During the writing of the article, we used general scientific theoretical methods, such as bibliographic, system analysis, generalization, system approach, and information synthesis.The results and their discussion. Recently, there have been significant changes in the current role of pharmacists in their efforts to solve global problems of national healthcare systems, primarily in terms of improving accessibility, ensuring the quality of pharmaceutical care and services, as well as the rational use of limited healthcare resources. According to available data in the medical literature, the current trends in the practice of pharmacists in modern society have been identified (integrated model of pharmaceutical care and services development).Only calculated doses of the drug should be prescribed for children in accordance with age and body weight. A preliminary test for tolerance and sensitivity to the prescribed drug should be conducted (possibly on the mother of the child), considering the functional state of the vital organs of the body.
Conclusion.Role of the pharmacist is increasing recently. Expanding competencies of the pharmacist in providing pharmaceutical care to patients, in particular representatives of the pediatric population, the functioning of the principles of pharmaceutical care at the proper level and maintaining communication in «Сучасні аспекти військової медицини. Current Aspects of Military Medicine» (2023, 30-1) 13 the triangle "doctor -pharmacist -patient" in order to maintain the quality of life of the patient in the up-to-date health care system are becoming important given the need for timely retraining and advanced training of pharmacists t...