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INTRODUCTION: During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, there has been a decrease in the supervision of the medication of subjects with chronic diseases. Customized automated dosing systems (SPDA) are devices that allow medication to be dispensed and administered, which have proven to be safe and effective for the patient and cost-effective for the healthcare system. METHODS: an intervention study was carried out on patients from January to December 2019 in a residential centre for the elderly with more than 100 beds. The economic costs derived from manual dosing were compared with those of an automated preparation (Robotik Technology®). RESULTS: Of the 198 patients included, 195 (97.47%) of them were polymedicated. Of the total of 276 active substances of registered medicinal products, it was possible to include them in the process of automating the preparation of the SPDA 105 active pharmaceutical ingredients. A cost reduction of EUR 5062.39 per year was found using SPDA. Taking into account the active ingredients of emblistable and non-emblistable medicines, the use of SPDA resulted in savings of EUR 6120.40 per year. The system contributed to the detection of cases of therapeutic duplication and reduced the time to prepare the medication. CONCLUSIONS: the use of SPDA is a useful and economically profitable strategy for its use in residential centres for the elderly.
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OBJECTIVE: The justification of the study was to assess the degree of knowledge of Spanish pharmacists in the field of Pharmacovigilance, their degree of notification of adverse drug reactions and their need for training, establishing the differences between community pharmacy pharmacist and those of hospital pharmacy. METHODS: A questionnaire with twelve questions on Pharmacovigilance was designed. The distribution and collection of the questionnaires were carried out via online in collaboration with the Official Colleges of Pharmacists and the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy during the period from November 2018 to June 2019. The target population were the pharmacists registered or belonging to the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy. The results were processed using a descriptive and analytical analysis. The qualitative variables were presented with their frequency distribution and the quantitative with their mean and standard deviation. RESULTS: 99% of hospital pharmacists said they had evidence of suspected adverse reactions and 96.9% of them ever reported. 73.5% of community pharmacists stated that they had knowledge of suspected adverse reactions but only 48.7% confirmed that they notified them. In general, the pharmacists surveyed agreed on the importance of Pharmacovigilance and believed that the quality of treatments could be improved and the Spanish health system would be saved if Pharmacovigilance was applied more. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicated that hospital pharmacists report much more adverse drug reactions than community pharmacist does. It also hospital pharmacists who know best the obligations they have with Pharmacovigilance. The surveyed pharmacists thought that the development of actions in Pharmacovigilance would increase the adherence of pharmaceutical professionals to the notification and would imply improvements in the quality of treatments, the rational use of medications and patient safety.
OBJETIVO: La justificación del estudio fue evaluar el grado de conocimiento de los farmacéuticos españoles en el ámbito de la Farmacovigilancia, su grado de notificación de Reacciones Adversas a Medicamentos (RAM) y su necesidad de formación, estableciendo las diferencias entre los farmacéuticos de farmacia comunitaria (FC) y los de farmacia hospitalaria (FH). METODOS: Se diseñó un cuestionario con doce preguntas sobre Farmacovigilancia. La distribución y recogida de los cuestionarios se realizo vía online con la colaboración de los Colegios Oficiales de Farmacéuticos y la Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria, durante el periodo de noviembre de 2018 a junio de 2019.La población diana fueron los farmacéuticos colegiados o pertenecientes a la Sociedad Española de Farmacia Hospitalaria. Los resultados fueron procesados mediante un análisis descriptivo y analítico. Las variables cualitativas se presentaron con su distribución de frecuencias y las cuantitativas con su media y desviación estándar. RESULTADOS: El 99% de los FH afirmaron haber tenido constancia de una RAM y el 96,9% de ellos la notificaron. El 73,5% de los FC declararon que tuvieron constancia de una RAM pero sólo el 48,7% confirmaron que la notificaran. En general, los farmacéuticos encuestados estaban de acuerdo en la importancia de la Farmacovigilancia, y opinaban que se podría mejorar la calidad de los tratamientos y se ahorraría en el sistema de salud español si se aplicara más la Farmacovigilancia. CONCLUSIONES: Nuestros resultados indican que los FH notifican más una RAM que los FC. También son los FH los que conocen mejor las obligaciones que tienen con Farmacovigilancia. Los farmacéuticos encuestados piensan que el desarrollo de actuaciones en Farmacovigilancia, aumentaría la adhesión de los profesionales a la notificación e implicaría mejoras en la calidad de los tratamientos, el uso racional de los medicamentos y la seguridad del paciente.
