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What is pharmaceutical care |
Pharmaceutical care includes the determination of the drug needs for a given individual and the provision not only of the drugs required but also of the necessary services (before, during or after treatment) to assure optimally safe and effective therapy. · It includes a feedback mechanism as a means of facilitating continuity of care by those who provide it’. |
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Parties involved in pharmaceutical care |
In this concept, the individual patient is the main subject and usually the pharmacist is the initiator and driving force of the process. |
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Activities of w community pharmacy |
· One can regard the activities in a (community) pharmacy as separated into supportive pharmaceutical actions, (carried out in the back-office) and clinically oriented activities (disease or case oriented). |
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Principal Elements of Pharmaceutical Care |
The principal elements of pharmaceutical care are that:1. it is medication related; 2. it is care that is directly provided to the patient; 3. it is provided to produce definite outcomes; 4. these outcomes are intended to improve the patient’s quality of life;5. and the provider accepts personal responsibility for the outcomes. |
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Medication Related |
Pharmaceutical care involves not only medication therapy (the actual provision of medication) but also decisions about medication use for individualpatients.· As appropriate, this includes decisions not to use medication therapy as well as judgments about medication selection, dosages,routes and methods of administration, medication therapy monitoring, and the provision of medication-related information and counselingto individualpatients. |
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Outcomes |
· It is the goal of pharmaceutical care to improve an individual patient’s quality of life through achievement of definite(predefined),medication-related therapeuticoutcomes.· The outcomes sought are:a. Cure of a patient’s disease.b. Elimination or reduction of a patient’s symptoms.c. Arresting or slowingof a disease process.d. Prevention of a disease or symptoms.· These include 3 major functions - 1. Identifying potentialand actual medication-related problems,2. Resolving actual medication-related problems,and 3. Preventing potentialmedication-related problems. |
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Essential of pharmaceutical care |
As an accountable member of the health-care team, the pharmacist must document the care provided |
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Process of pharmaceutical care |
STEP 1 Assess needs and identify drug problems STEP 2 Develop a care plan STEP 3 Implement the care plan STEP 4 Monitor and review the care plan |
