Establishment of the Provincial Quality Control System for Pharmacy Management and the Development of Clinical Pharmacy in 61 Hospitals in Jiangsu Province / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To promote the development of hospital clinical pharmacy.METHODS:The measures which promoted the development of hospital clinical pharmacy after established by Jiangsu quality control system for pharmacy management were introduced.Through collecting clinical pharmacy indexes (the number of clinical pharmacists,the range of clinical pharmacy practice,the number of clinical pharmaceutical practice,the number of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM),the number of reported ADR,etc.) in Jiangsu Province Pharmacy Management Quality Control Network Reporting System established by Quality Control Center during Jan.2014-Dec.2016,the development of clinical pharmacy in Jiangsu hospital were analyzed.RESULTS:The measures formulated and adopted by Quality Control Center included expanding the scale of clinical pharmacists training,strengthening the training of rational use of antibiotics,formulating provincial rational drug use standard,carrying out pharmaceutical quality control circle activities,etc.The data of clinical pharmacy indexes were collected from 61 hospitals.The results showed that,compared with Jan.2014,the number of clinical pharmacists in sample hospitals increased from 4.72 to 5.86 in Dec.2016;the number of involved special departments increased slightly;clinical pharmacy practice (weekly rounds number,medication history writing,case analysis,medication guidance,drug counseling) increased significantly;the number of beds managed by clinical pharmacists reached 289 beds;the types of TDM increased from 7.38 to 7.87,the number of yearly monitoring was 1 293;the number of monthly reported ADR increased from 14.71 to 19.34,but the number of consultation,new/severe ADR decreased slightly.CONCLUSIONS:Both service ability and service level of clinical pharmacy in 61 hospitals in Jiangsu have been improved by the establishment of the provincial quality control system for pharmacy management.