Drug Consultation Calls from 2001 to 2008 in Clinical Pharmacy of Our Hospital:A Retrospective Analysis / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the status quo of the pharmaceutical care of drug consultation calls so as to facilitate the development of pharmaceutical care and promote rational drug use.METHODS:All the recordings on the pharmaceutical consultation calls from Jan.2001 to Sep.2008 were collected to analyze the compositions of consultants,problems consulted and the categories of the drugs consulted,etc.RESULTS:75.6% of the consultants were hospital employees;41.7% of the problems consulted were related to drug interactions and dosage and administration,and 22.8% of the drugs consulted were antibiotics.CONCLUSION:The drug consultation call model is convenient and feasible,and is proved to be a realistic professional pharmaceutical care.