Investigation for the Knowledge of Drug Use and Medication Habits of Teachers in A Senior High School in Beijing / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To reflect the representative problems existing in the medication safety of public from the side,and provide reference for conducting the following public survey in a large area. METHODS:Questionnaires were used to investigate the knowledge of drug and medication habits of teachers in a senior high school in Beijing,and the received data was statistically analyzed. RESULTS:Totally 88 questionnaires were issued in this investigation,84 effective questionnaires were acquired,with ef-fective recovery of 95.45%. A few teachers had blind faith in intravenous infusion and preferred using antibiotics without doctor's di-agnosis when they caught a cold and fever;48.81%of the respondents barely understood or only partly understood the drug instruc-tions;34.52% didn't know that more serious adverse reactions induce by intravenous infusion were more serious than by oral treat-ment;46.43% rarely checked the period of validity of reserved drugs at home;38.10% didn’t following directions when taking drugs;80.95% had never received the education of medication safety,and 21.43% of them had no intention to accept this educa-tion;when taking drugs for a long time,79.76% of them didn’t do regular examinations of blood routine,renal and liver function tests. CONCLUSIONS:The knowledge of drug use of the respondents in the school is poor,there are many misunderstandings ex-isted in the medication habit,which prompts hidden trouble also exists in medication safety,and reflects hidden trouble commonly exists in medication safety for public from the side.