Analysis of drug related problems identificated by pharmacist during provision dispensation and the influence of pharmacist's intervention on prescribing doctors

Analysis of drug related problems identificated by pharmacist during provision dispensation and the influence of pharmacist's intervention on prescribing doctors Author: Mgr. Zdeňka Močárková 1 Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Jiří Vlček, CSc. 2 1 Community pharmacy in Chrastava 2 Department of Clinical and Social Pharmacy, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Introduction: Drug problems (drug related problems, DRPs) shall mean all the circumstances involving drug therapy that can actually or potentially interfere with the expected outcome of therapeutic intervention. The solution DRPs (risk of pharmacotherapy) includes their detection, risk assessment and selection of the appropriate intervention and belongs to the one of the fundamental activities of a pharmacist. Aim of study: The aim of this work was to analyze DRPs, their use as a tool for discussion with doctors and subsequent evaluation and estimation of the limits of this model of cooperation between doctor and pharmacist. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted in the village Chrastava (1 public pharmacy). Record DRPs detected pharmacist during provision dispensation was conducted in two equally long periods (2 x 30 working days) by using electronic databases (including data of patient, patient used..