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OBJECTIVE:To reduce the dispensing errors of similar drugs in hospital outpatient pharmacy,and realize the drug traceability. METHODS:Based on adding drug electronic regulatory code field in drug dictionary background database of hospital information system (HIS), prescription dispensing process in outpatient pharmacy of our hospital was improved. Drug electronic regulatory code was added for scanning code review before secondary review dispensing, and drug terminal traceability was real-ized based on it. Through comparing the dispensing outing error rate before and after 12 months of improvement, ratio of"special abnormal data"related with dispensing error of similar drugs in checking, patients'waiting time and other indicators, the pre-scription dispensing quality of outpatient pharmacy before and after improvement was evaluated. RESULTS:After adding drug elec-tronic regulatory code for scanning code review, the dispensing outing error of similar drugs was decreased from 22 cases to 1 case (accounting for 0.0197‰, 0.0103‰, respectively), number of"special abnormal data"was decreased from 836 to 436 (accounting for 31.5%, 16.8%, respectively), and the average waiting time of patients had no obvious extension(10.85 min, 10.88 min, respectively). It had achieved the traceability inquiry of most outpatient drugs from the pharmacy to the patients. CON-CLUSIONS:The drug electronic regulatory code can reduce the dispensing outing error of similar drugs in outpatient pharmacy, which is conducive to the establishment of drug traceability chain and has improved the quality of pharmaceutical care.
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OBJECTIVE:To develop the drug traceability management system in outpatients of medical institutions,and gradu-ally improve its traceability management. METHODS:Based on barcode technology,drug traceability management system in outpa-tients of medical institutions was independently developed,introducing it from system environment,framework design and system function,and the application results were evaluated in terms of differences in dispensing time,deployment error,drug withdrawal treatment and applicability investigation. RESULTS:The system was developed on hospital information system network environ-ment,which was designed by combination of client/server(C/S)network system(B/S)and set function modules as follows as role rights management,data extraction,information control,data acquisition and data query. The system can match with drug electron-ic surveillance code,commodity code and other traceable barcodes,achieve drug tracing from hospitals to users through software interaction,as well as the computer-aided calibration in dispensing to effectively reduce outpatient's dispensing error. The average time for each outpatient prescription prolonged 9 s after using the system;24 dispensing errors and 4 non-normal withdrawals were prevented within 1 month;100% surveyed pharmacists expressed approval for the system's applicability. CONCLUSIONS:The system can achieve the drug suitability management in outpatients,which has shown good applicability and further improved drug safety management and control capabilities in medical institutions.
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OBJECTIVE:To reduce the dispensing errors of similar drugs in hospital outpatient pharmacy,and realize the drug traceability. METHODS:Based on adding drug electronic regulatory code field in drug dictionary background database of hospital information system (HIS), prescription dispensing process in outpatient pharmacy of our hospital was improved. Drug electronic regulatory code was added for scanning code review before secondary review dispensing, and drug terminal traceability was real-ized based on it. Through comparing the dispensing outing error rate before and after 12 months of improvement, ratio of"special abnormal data"related with dispensing error of similar drugs in checking, patients'waiting time and other indicators, the pre-scription dispensing quality of outpatient pharmacy before and after improvement was evaluated. RESULTS:After adding drug elec-tronic regulatory code for scanning code review, the dispensing outing error of similar drugs was decreased from 22 cases to 1 case (accounting for 0.0197‰, 0.0103‰, respectively), number of"special abnormal data"was decreased from 836 to 436 (accounting for 31.5%, 16.8%, respectively), and the average waiting time of patients had no obvious extension(10.85 min, 10.88 min, respectively). It had achieved the traceability inquiry of most outpatient drugs from the pharmacy to the patients. CON-CLUSIONS:The drug electronic regulatory code can reduce the dispensing outing error of similar drugs in outpatient pharmacy, which is conducive to the establishment of drug traceability chain and has improved the quality of pharmaceutical care.