Experience about Application of Risk Management in High-alert Medications in Ward Area of Our Hospital / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE: To provide reference for the improvement of management quality of high-alert medications in ward area. METHODS: Risk management was used to estimate risk factor of commonly used high-alert medications in ward area. Then the homologous management measures were formulated based on potential risk. RESULTS: With enforcement of risk management, risk awareness of relevant responsible person was strengthened. They knew more knowledge about high-alert medications and its rate increased from 60% to 96%. The phenomena such as nonstandard storage and placement of drugs, unclear identification had never happened again. CONCLUSION: The application of risk management in high-alert medications contributes to improve anti-distress awareness of relevant responsible person, guarantee safety of drug use and enhance the quality of care.

Perspective on the Implementation of Prescription Administrative Policy in Ward Area Pharmacy / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE: To faciliate the implementation of the new Prescription Administrative Policy in ward area pharmacy. METHODS: Based on our practical working experience, the Prescription Administrative Policy was studied from perspective of quality of personnel, sense of responsibility and drug standards etc. And the difficulty encountered in the implementation of the prescription administrative policy was explained. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS: Solving such problems as including medical orders in prescription management, clarifying the responsibility of irrational medication without sticking to instrcutions of drug package inserts, the demanding requirements on pharmacists’s quality and the enforcement of precription evaluation contributes to the implementation of the new Prescription Administrative Policy in ward area pharmacy.

Analysis of the Drug Repercussion in Ward Area of Our Hospital / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To probe into the reasons for drug repercussion in ward area and find a solution.METHODS:The reasons for drug repercussion,the kinds of the returned drugs and the proportion of these drugs in the total in terms of amount of money between Oct.to Dec.in 2006 were analyzed and compared with the amount of money of returned drugs between 2005 and 2006 in our hospital.RESULTS:There were 2 674 cases of drug repercussion between Oct.to Dec.in 2006 in our hospital;the returned drugs totaled 192 kinds,and the drug repercussion was mainly due to patients' discharge,alteration of medical orders and input error.The rate of drug repercussion was 4.67%.CONCLUSION:There were drug repercussion cases in all the departments of our hospital,and the amount of the returned drugs were large,which resulted in increased difficulty of drug quality management and serious hidden dangers for medication safety,therefore,standard administration on which is much needed.