Therapeutic and toxicological consultation service (Secott): Experience of eight years in a hospital of the third level of attention in Guatemala, Roosevelt Hospital 2008-2016
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https://doi.org/10.54495/Rev.Cientifica.v27i2.64Keywords:
notification, pharmacovigilance, stability of medications, therapeutic indications and posologyAbstract
Drug information centers are a key support for health care professionals, especially when they are in hospitals, to engage in active and passive information. In this retrospective study, characterization and analysis of activities and consultations undertaken by the Consultation Service Therapeutics and Toxicology Consultation Service y Secott (tertiary care hospital), as is the Roosevelt Hospital was performed. The study was conducted with data from the consultations held since the founding of the service in 2008, to June 2016. A total of 1,740 therapeutic consultations were obtained, of which the majority (76.1%) were tone by pharmacists, the most frequent queries, related to stability of drugs (19.6%), therapeutic indications and dosages. During this period, 187 poison consultations and 441 pharmacovigilance reporting were conducted. The average response time of queries was 15 min; however this may vary in relation to the complexity thereof. The most commonly used form of query reception is by oral communication. Consultations were mostly resolved by electronic path in written form. The results show the productivity of the Service, which current needs are covered and the existence of similarities with the operation and activities of other hospital therapeutic consultation services.
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