Drug-risk communication to pharmacists: Assessing the impact of risk-minimization strategies on the practice of pharmacy
| Autor: | Lauren Y. Lee, Cindy Kortepeter, Parivash Nourjah, Mary E. Willy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Health Knowledge
Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions Package insert education Pharmacist Poison control Pharmacology (nursing) Pharmacy Pharmacists Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Professional Role medicine Humans Medical prescription Pharmacology Risk Management business.industry Communication Data Collection medicine.disease United States Cross-Sectional Studies Pharmaceutical Services Family medicine Pharmacy practice Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 48:494-500 |
| ISSN: | 1544-3191 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To gain insight on the knowledge, opinions, barriers, and practices of pharmacists regarding drug risk-minimization tools. Design: Descriptive, nonexperimental, cross-sectional survey. Setting: 20 states in the United States, fall 2004. Participants: 2,052 randomly selected licensed pharmacists employed in a position requiring an active pharmacist license at the time of the survey and who responded to the survey. Intervention: Participants completed a four-page survey regarding their experience with different types of risk-minimization tools. Main outcome measure: Univariate distributions for each question were analyzed. Results: 50% of survey recipients responded to the mailing; 88% of respondents had an active pharmacist license. Of respondents, 18% reported never having received a Dear Healthcare Professional letter and 29% stated that they were not familiar with Medication Guides. Patient package inserts were thought to be somewhat effective by 53% of respondents. Of pharmacists who dispensed a drug with programs for special stickers to be affixed on prescriptions to indicate that the labeled risk had been addressed by the prescriber, 41% reported receiving a prescription without a sticker; 45% dispensed the prescription when stickers were missing. Sixty percent of pharmacists stated that risk-minimization programs have a negative impact on the daily practice of pharmacy; nevertheless, many acknowledged that it was a necessary duty. Conclusion: Pharmacists might benefit from additional training on risk-minimization strategies. The successful implementation and impact of risk-minimization programs on the practice of pharmacy should be carefully considered by drug manufacturers and regulators. |
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