Etude de la qualité de la prescription des médicaments au Togo: résultats d'une enquête en milieu urbain à Lomé

Access to Antibiotics through Prescription and Non-Prescription Media in Private Pharmacies in Lomé, Togo

“…Three out of four paper prescription media mentioned patients' identity and sex. This rate is higher than that observed in the study carried out in 2009 by Potchoo et al in which the orders did not mention patient's name in 41.18% of prescription [38]. The age of children is reported on less than one third of prescription media and children's weight on less than one fourth.…”

“…The mention of the age is also required especially for children as certain medicines dosage are given in age or age group. About 40.2% of ATB prescribers (51/193) were not identified against 33% as reported by Potchoo et al in their study [38]. Prescribers' profile was represented by physician (18.8%) followed by other prescribers (16.7%), nurses (11.4%), physician-assistants (10.9) and midwives (2.1%).…”

“…reported that 73.04% of prescription media specified the date [38]. The date of the prescription (87.0%) was well mentioned in a study conducted in randomly chosen private pharmacies in Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) [39] and 56.60% of medical prescriptions were dated and signed [39].…”

“…The identity and qualification of the prescribers were mentioned respectively in 44.7% and 59% of the orders received. Potchoo et al reported that prescribers did not mention their name or their qualification in 47.75% and 33.04% of cases respectively [38]. Several medical prescriptions did not mention prescribers' identities (75.8%) and the qualification of the prescriber was missing on 68.4% of prescriptions in a study carried out by Fofana et al [39].…”

“…Prescribers' profile was represented by physician (18.8%) followed by other prescribers (16.7%), nurses (11.4%), physician-assistants (10.9) and midwives (2.1%). A 2007 survey in Bamako, [38] against 17.4% of physicians, 12.15% of nurse, 1.52% of medical trainees and 0.55% of midwife were observed in the study of Fofana et al [39]. It should be pointed out that physician-assistants (medical assistants) are a category of trained health professionals between doctors and nurses in Togo for the needs of the national health system.…”