Saeed Jamaan Alghamdi
Saudi Arabia
Research Article
National Survey of Drug Information Centers Practice in Saudi Arabia: Drug Monitoring and Patient Counseling at Ministry of Health Hospitals
Author(s): Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Saeed Jamaan Alghamdi and Radi Abdullah AlattyhYousef Ahmed Alomi, Saeed Jamaan Alghamdi and Radi Abdullah Alattyh
Objective: To explore the National Survey of Drug Information Centers practice in Saudi Arabia: Drug Monitoring and Patient Counseling at Ministry of Health Hospitals.
Methods: It is a cross-sectional four months national survey of Drug Information Services at Ministry of Health. It contained ten domains with 181 questions designed by the authors. It derived from Internal Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), American Society of Health-System Pharmacists best practice guidelines. This survey distributed to forty hospital pharmacies that run drug information services. In this study, the domain Drug Monitoring and Patient Counseling System explored and analyzed. It consisted of eight questions about the written policy and procedure and application methods for Drug Monitoring and Patient Counseling system in the drug information centers. All analysis i.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-6887.1000246