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OBJECTIVE:To investigate the affordability of essential medicines in public health and medical institutions of Shanghai Qingpu district after the implementation of the national essential medicines,and provide the basis for subsequent formula-tion and improvement of relevant policies. METHODS:Based on the WHO/HAI standardized approach,a survey on the affordabili-ty of 30 essential medicines was conducted in public health and medical institutions of Shanghai Qingpu district in aspects of equip-ping staffing,drug availability and the relativity in different levels of public health and institutions for investigation and evaluation. RESULTS:The equipping rate of 30 essential medicines in Shanghai Qingpu District varied from 53.33%-86.67%,while the date of original drugs varied from 16.67%-53.33%,the equipping rate in secondary and tertiary hospitals was high. The availability of 30 essential medicines with Approved Drug Names in secondary and tertiary hospitals (77.78%) was generally higher than that in community health service center(63.00%),while the availability of original drugs was relatively low. The essential medicines with more than 50% relativity in community health service center and tertiary hospitals were only 6 kinds of drugs. CONCLUSIONS:The equipping rate and availability of essential medicines in primary health and medical institutions are lower than that of second-ary and tertiary hospitals in Qingpu district,as well as the relativity. It is suggested to further improve equipping policy for essential medicines from the relativity to improve match rate of production place;while further study and improvement for generic drugs from bioequivalence to improve its bioequivalence with original drugs and ensure clinical efficacy.
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OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for the implementation of Quality Management Guidance of TCM Trust-agent Decocting in Medical Institutions in Shanghai. METHODS:Stratified random sampling method was adopted for the questionnaire of TCM trust-agent decocting in 13 medical and health institutions in the suburb of Shanghai. RESULTS:A total of 13 question-naires were sent out and 13 valid questionnaires were received with the effective rate of 100%. In the 13 medical and health institu-tions,12 medical and health institutions partially or fully adopted trust-agent decocting,and the trust-agent decocting in the 12 med-ical and health institutions accounted for 92.3% in all trust-agent decocting;the 12 medical and health institutions with TCM trust-agent decocting service for patients included 9 pharmaceutical factories and 3 pharmacies;label related problems (including name error,oral and topical label error and stickers unclear) and leakage were the main quality problems,accounting for 33.0%and 31.0%,respectively;83.3% of the medical and health institutions didn’t establish the file of the quality control for TCM trust-agent decocting;decocting process was the most important factor that affects the quality. CONCLUSIONS:Implementing a re-gional Quality Management Guidance of TCM Trust-agent Decocting in Medical Institutions in Shanghai and establishing a system that drug administration,industry associations and medical and health institutions are participated in have great significance to pro-mote the healthy development of TCM trust-agent decocting service and ensure patients’medication safety.
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OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for rational use of TCM injections. METHODS:Among the inpatients who used TCM injections in 4 hospitals of Shanghai Jiading district in 2013,100 cases were collected by systematic sampling in each hospital separately, and the data were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS:The varieties and amount of TCM injections for blood-activating and stasis-resolving both occupied the first place. 22% inpatients used two or more TCM injections at the same time. The proportion of overdose use of TCM injections reached 54.55%. The type of unreasonable drug use mainly included drug use against differentiation of syndromes,super indications drugs and solvent error. Combined use of TCM injections with same ef-fect accounted for 20.45% of combined use of TCM injections. CONCLUSIONS:It is effective means to improve rational drug use that great impertance paid for clinical use of TCM injections.