Hospital pharmacy practice in Saudi Arabia: Drug monitoring and patient education in the Riyadh region

Abstract

Hospital pharmacists in the Riyadh region are actively engaged in monitoring medication therapy and providing patient medication education, although there is considerable opportunity for further involvement.

National Survey of Drug Information Centers Practice in Saudi Arabia: Drug Monitoring and Patient Counseling at Ministry of Health Hospitals

“…The authors did this survey to explore the drug therapy monitoring g and patient education as part of drug information centers activities. The findings showed that adverse drug reaction system almost as reported by Alsultan, et [3,[6][7][8]. While it lowered than Alomi et al study, There is improving the adverse drug reactions prevention and reporting system but in such indepth detail not mentioned in the Alomi, et al [4].…”

“…The authors found drug monitoring between and patient counseling. The study carried out by Alsultan and his colleagues in King of Saudi Arabia and it reported that the drug monitoring was between 8.6%-60.9% of hospitals, adverse drug reaction reporting system was 74.1% of the hospitals and patient counseling was 44% [3]. Recently by Alomi and his colleagues, they found drug monitoring adverse drug reaction prevention and reporting was 90.32% while medication errors prevention and documentation was 72.4% and patient education was 80.33% of hospital pharmacies respectively [4].…”

Impact of Clinical Pharmacist Consultation Visits at Ministry of Health Hospitals in Saudi Arabia: Clinical Pharmacy Services and Pharmacy Workforce

“…[11][12] The majority of clinical pharmacy project lower percentages than Alsutan and Alomi studies because of The majority of the projects newly established at the hospitals, which needs much effort of preparing a proposal, planning, training the staff. [6][7][8][9] Moreover, all the clinical pharmacy projects filled the requirements of the pharmacy residency program. [5] The author found the performance percentage of projects were not high because of non-availability of an expert clinical pharmacist at all three hospitals.…”

“…The type pharmacy consultations were drug utilization evaluation (42.1 %), drug information (77.8%), antibiotics (43.85%), anticoagulant (31.3%), nutrition support (16.7%), and therapeutic drug monitoring services (26-46%). [6][7] Recently in 2017, the clinical services measured by the author and his colleagues and they found some improvements with the clinical pharmacy services (13.73 %) of MOH hospitals including drug information services (55.56%), nutrition support (37.5%), drug utilization evaluation 51.67%. Also, the therapeutic drug monitoring services (48.28%), clinical research and publication (43.1%) of hospitals, and residency programs at MOH hospitals do not exceed (4 %) of hospitals.…”

The Outcomes of Clinical Pharmacist Consultation Visits at Ministry of Health Hospitals in Saudi Arabia: Medication Safety and Pharmacy Research

“…[6] Another study showed adverse drug reaction reporting (74%) and medication reconciliation (48.1%) of the hospitals, and recent study stated that medication errors identification and reporting found in (90%) and adverse drug reaction (72%). [7][8] The pharmacist had a significant role in medication safety preventing medication errors in public and pediatrics MOH hospitals. A study by author and his colleagues showed the pharmacist prevent more than three thousand errors with estimated cost avoidance 98,000 to 116,000 USD per year.…”