Analysis of Drug Information Queries Received by the Pharmacy in a Large Psychiatric Hospital

O’Hare, Janice; McKee, Hilary; D’Arcy, P. F.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.1984.tb01070.x

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“…Although the number of queries from dentists was small (<1 %), other studies have not reported queries from this group. The total number of queries received per month in our centre of 134 was much higher than those reported (28, 27 and 9, respectively) from earlier studies [11][12][13] . The high utilization of this service may be due to three factors-the size of the institution, location (developing country) and the timing of the study (recent).…”

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Pattern of Drug Information Queries in a South Indian Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Bright¹,

Peter²

2018

Indian J Pharm Sci

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Bright et al.: Drug Information QueriesDrug information centers have been established to provide unbiased information to healthcare workers and patients. The pattern of drug information queries received and answered by the drug information centre in a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India was assessed. Prospectively documented drug information queries, received and answered by the drug information centre over a 15-month period, were reviewed retrospectively for various parameters including status of the requestor, mode of receipt, mode of reply, type of query, purpose of query and references used. A total of 2010 queries were received and answered during the study period. Queries were received mainly from physicians (41 %), followed by nurses (n=595; 30 %) and pharmacists (n=462; 23 %). Dentists, students and healthcare professionals from outside the institution accounted for 139 (6 %) queries. Internet-based resource was the main reference source (n=952; 47 %) followed by textbooks, intranet resources and journals. Patient care-related queries were the most common. The information sought included product identification (22 %), drug dose or schedule (16 %), product availability (13 %), drug of choice/therapeutic alternatives/therapeutic use (10 %), product information (10 %), drug use in special populations and administration (6 % each), compatibility/stability/storage (5 %) and adverse reactions (4 %). The drug information centre in a teaching hospital handles a wide range of queries from various healthcare workers, meets specific healthcare needs and serves as a valuable source of drug information. The impact of this service on improving patient care and minimizing errors warrants further study.

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Pattern of Drug Information Queries in a South Indian Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

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2018

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“…A significant proportion of clinical pharmacy interventions in this study related to non-psychotropic drug therapy. In an analysis of drug information enquiries to pharmacy staff at a large psychiatric hospital, O'Hare et al found that two-thirds of all queries related to the use of non-psychotropic drugs (17). Furthermore, Williams and Betley identified the substantial potential for inappropriate nonpsychotropic drug therapy in nursing home facilities, suggesting that the opportunity for clinical pharmacy intervention directed at improving patient outcomes also exists in this setting (18).…”

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A prospective analysis of clinical pharmacy interventions on an acute psychiatric inpatient unit

Alderman

1997

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

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A standardized data collection form was developed to enable uniform documentation of all clinical pharmacy interventions undertaken for an acute-care, psychiatric inpatient population during a 6-month study period. This information included demographic data as well as details of the drugs involved, the nature of the drug-related problems, the type of intervention and an estimate of the significance of the intervention. A total of 204 clinical interventions were proposed for 69 patients (mean age 66.8 years, range 28-85 years). The proposed interventions were accepted by medical staff in 187 (91.7%) instances. Antidepressants were the class of drug most often generating clinical interventions (34.7% of total interventions). The most common type of intervention was a recommendation for the commencement of drug therapy (28.8%), followed by recommendations for enhanced patient monitoring (23.5%). In 20.3% of cases the interventions were estimated to be of major significance. This study suggests that the provision of clinical pharmacy services in the acute-care, adult, psychiatric setting has the potential to generate a considerable range of interventions aimed at optimizing treatment outcomes.

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“…The Lancet and Brirish Medical Journal outranked all other journals in the level of citation frequency and apart from established journals the local pharmacy bulletin featured prominently as a frequent reference source for drug related inquiries. (9). T h u s the formalised D I C and the ward/clinical pharmacy service have developed in a complementary fashion, the D I C tending to deal with a considerable number of drug-related inquiries that normally would have with the ward/clinical pharmacist being increasingly recognised as a therapeutic consultant (10).…”

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Drug Information Inquiries—who Asks What and Where Are the Answers?

Morrow¹,

D’Arcy²,

Pielou³

1984

J Clin Pharm Ther

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The workload of a local hospital-based drug information centre over a 5-year period was studied and was related to the utilisation of primary reference sources in reply to drug related inquiries.Doctors used the service more often than any other health care professional group and questions relating to drug administration/dosage, choice of drug, adverse effects and pharmaceutical problems accounted for over 50", of the total number of inquiries. Over the study period there was an upward trend in the number of inquiries requiring the use of primary references in answering queries. Of these inquiries approximately 4 5 O were concerned specifically with drug choice and adverse drug reactions. The results demonstrate the significant contribution of a drug information service to patient care, the interdependence of the pharmaceutical, medical and nursing professions and the need for drug information centres to expand their role into determining drug-use policies and the collation of adverse drug reaction reports. In addition, useful primary reference sources for the provision of drug information services have been identified and guidelines for the selection of appropriate journals have been given. T h e creation of in-house evaluated drug information literature is recommended.

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Analysis of Drug Information Queries Received by the Pharmacy in a Large Psychiatric Hospital

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Pattern of Drug Information Queries in a South Indian Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Pattern of Drug Information Queries in a South Indian Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

A prospective analysis of clinical pharmacy interventions on an acute psychiatric inpatient unit

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