Clinical pharmacists involvement in consultation:analysis and experience of 141 cases of infectious disease
10.3969/j.issn.1006-0111.2017.01.023
- VernacularTitle:临床药师参与141例感染性疾病会诊的分析与体会
- Author:
Jinping ZHANG
1
;
Haixia ZHANG
;
Hang XU
;
Xiaojie BIAN
;
Xian YANG
;
Yun FANG
Author Information
1. 南京大学医学院附属鼓楼医院药学部
- Keywords:
clinical pharmacist;
infectious diseases;
consultation;
pharmacotherapy
- From:
Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice
2017;35(1):89-93
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate how the clinical pharmacists participate in the regime design and adjustment in the treatment of infectious disease and to show how clinical pharmacists to team with physicians for patient′s infection control by contributing their special knowledge .Method From August 2012 to April 2014 ,141 patients were consulted by the clinical pharmacists for the infectious diseases .The patient′s basic information ,ward distribution ,consultation purpose ,etiology of infections and adoption of the suggestions were analyzed .Results Among 141 consulted cases ,most patients belonged to the urology ,hepatobiliary surgery and neurosurgery department (accounted for 26 .95% ,21 .99% and 17 .73% respectively) .The top three consultation subjects are the use of ‘special use class’ antimicrobials ,regime adjustment and medication choice (ac-counted for 85 .82% ,74 .62% and 59 .57% ) .133 suggestions from clinical pharmacists were accepted ,1 was partially adopted and 7 were rejected (accounted for 94 .33% ,0 .71% and 4 .96% ) .Conclusion The clinical pharmacists play important roles in the treatment of infectious disease by providing the consultations to clinicians .With their special knowledge ,clinical pharma-cists can make a good contribution to ensure the safe and effective drug therapies .