Drug information: a relevant service in the safe and effective use of medicines.

Thalita Aguiar Nogueira, Gabrielle Agnez de Souza Orengo, Mariana Santos Melo, Gislaine Ferraresi Bonella, Maria Ângela Ribeiro

  • Thalita Aguiar Nogueira Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brasil. Programa de Residência em Área Profissional da Saúde - Atenção em Oncologia. https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2531-0614
  • Gabrielle Agnez Orengo Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brasil.Programa de Residência em Área Profissional da Saúde - Atenção ao Paciente em Estado Crítico. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3809-3030
  • Mariana Santos Melo Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia/Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares, Uberlândia, Brasil.Unidade de Farmácia Clínica e Dispensação Farmacêutica. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7645-308X
  • Gislaine Ferraresi Bonella Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia/Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares, Uberlândia, Brasil.Unidade de Farmácia Clínica e Dispensação Farmacêutica. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4402-0452
  • Maria Angela Ribeiro Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia/Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares, Uberlândia, Brasil.Unidade de Farmácia Clínica e Dispensação Farmacêutica. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1522-4299

Abstract

Objective: To describe the results from drug information center from 2015 to 2023 at university hospital in the southwest of Brazil. Method: This is a cross-section study about information drug requests from an information center in pharmacy service. The data were cataloged in Microsoft Excel®. For analysis, descriptive statistics were used with measures of central tendency, sample dispersion and frequencies. Results: 1064 results were identified (1043 passive and 23 active information). Of passive requests, the main questioners were nurses (38.54%), pharmacy technicians (15.05%) and nursing technicians (12.56%) from adult wards (25.41%), followed by hospital pharmacies (20.42%) and pediatric intensive care units (15.82%). Questions related to reconstitution, dilution, stability and compatibility predominated in the study (52.83%). The most prevalent classes from ATC classification were: antiinfectives for systemic use (24.83%), nervous (15.67%) and cardiovascular system (14.12%). The main information sources were tertiary resources such as Micromedex®, UpToDate® and books. Conclusion: The study describes the profile of drug information demonstrating the importance of information centers for supporting the practice of health care professionals in the safe and effective use of medicines.

Published
2024-09-10