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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN PHYSICIAN AND PHARMACIST
by,
Dr. G Praveen KumarAssistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacy practice,C.L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy.
Incharge-Drug Information Centre & Patient Counseling,VHS(voluntary health care) hospital, Adayar, Chennai
PHARMACIST
PHYSICIANS PATIENTSADMIN
NATIONAL
GUIDELINES
• Chemists or druggists,• healthcare professionals who
practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use.
• The role of the pharmacist is "lick, stick, and pour" dispensary
• "lick & stick the labels, count the pills & pour liquids"
PHYSICIAN
PARAMEDICS
WARD ROUNDS
ADMIN
GOVERNING
BOARDS
MONITORING TEAM
PATIENTS
• Examine • Diagnose • Treat • Prescribe • Dispense (sometimes)• Counsel• Follow up
PYHSICIAN & PHARMACIST RELATIONSHIP
Pharmacist
• Looks special but actually not
Physician
LOOKS SIMPLE BUT SPECIAL(SPECIALITY)
DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSION
Physicians• MBBS• MD• DM
Pharmacist• D.Pharm• B.Pharm/M.Pharm• Pharm.D
• Clinical pharmacists work directly with doctors, other health professionals, and patients to ensure that the medications prescribed for patients contribute to the best possible health outcomes.
Dispensing
Manufacturing
Clinical
Roles of a clinical pharmacist
• Assess the status of the patient’s health problems and determine whether the prescribed medications are optimally meeting the patient’s needs and goals of care.
• Evaluate the appropriateness and effectiveness of the patient’s medications.
• Recognize untreated health problems that could be improved or resolved with appropriate medication therapy.
• Follow the patient’s progress to determine the effects of the patient’s medications on his or her health.
• Consult with the patient’s doctors and other health care providers in selecting the medication therapy that best meets the patient’s needs and contributes effectively to the overall therapy goals.
• Advise the patient on how to best take his or her medications.
• Support the health care team’s efforts to educate the patient on other important steps to improve or maintain health, such as exercise, diet, and preventive steps like immunization.
But still the fight never got over……….
Mode of communication?
Prescribing Guidelines
• Part 1: The process of rational treatment
• Part 2: Selecting your P-drugs
• Part 3: Treating your patients
• Part 4: Keeping up-to-date
Part 1: The process of rational treatment
• Step 1: Define the patient's problem • Step 2: Specify the therapeutic objective
(What do you want to achieve with the treatment? )
• Step 3: Verify the suitability of your P- treatment Check effectiveness and safety
• Step 4: Start the treatment • Step 5: Give information, instructions and
warnings • Step 6: Monitor (and stop?) treatment
Part 2: Selecting your P-drugs
i Define the diagnosis (pathophysiology) ii Specify the therapeutic objective iii Make an inventory of effective groups iv Choose a group according to criteria efficacy safety suitability cost Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 v Choose a P-drug efficacy safety suitability cost Drug 1 Drug 2 Drug 3 Conclusion: Active substance, dosage form, Standard dosage schedule, Standard duration.
Part 3: Treating your patients
Part 4: Keeping up-to-date
“Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.”
-Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)Martindale’s The Extra Pharmacopoeia is an excellent reference book with detailed drug information on most active substances and chemicals.
Avery’s Drug Treatment is a more specialized book, appropriate for prescribers with a special interest in clinical pharmacology.
Pharmacist contribution?
• Prescription audit/monitoring• Drug information• Patient counselling
Prescription audit….
• Medication errors • Almost everyone in the modern world takes
medication at one time or another • Most of the time medications are beneficial • But some occasion they do harmful effects (side
effects) which is adverse drug events• But sometimes the harm is caused by an error in
prescribing or dispensing or administration of medication
Types - Responsibilities
• PRISCRIBING ERRORS - physicians
• TRANSCRIBING ERRORS – pharmacist/nurses
• DISPENSING ERRORS – pharmacist/ physicians
• ADMINISTRATION ERRORS – nurses/patients
Parts of prescription
• Name, address, telephone of prescriber • Date • Drugs• Name/I.D no., age & gender of patient • Signature or initials of prescriber
Legibility
• Poor Physician handwriting
Drugs with similar namesChlorpromazine -
ChlorpheniramineCarbamazepine - CarbimazoleClotrimazole - Co-trimaxazoleCetirizine - CinnarizineMebendazole - MetronidazoleBetadine - Betnovate
Doctors are legally obliged to write clearly Tab.Dimol & Tab.Divalin Tab.Amoxil & Tab.Daonil
(REF: WHO prescriber guidelines page 67)
Drug name and dosage form
• Brands differ as same as the sarees brands– Especially in India
• Use only generic names in the Prescription• Use brands only if needed…
Dosage forms
• Tablet• Capsule• Injection• Nebulizer• Infusion• Eye Drops• Ear Drops• Nasal Drops • Transdermal Patches
Abbreviations CFX CIPROFLAOXACINNFX NORFLOXACINNFR NIFEDIPINE RETARDMF METFORMIN
MMF MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETILCAT CALCIUMCCT COMMON COLD
CCM CALCIUM CITRATE MALEATE
CPZ CHLORPROMAZINECBZ CARBAMAZEPINEABZ ALBENTAZOLECTZ CETRIZINE DF DERIPHYLLINDCF DICLOFENACDEC DIETHYLCARBAZINEGM GENTAMYCIN CM CHLORAMPHENICOLANT ANTACIDAST ATORVASTATINSBT SALBUTAMOLSMT SALMETROL
Dosage strength and frequency
• ng/mg/µg• OD/BD/1/2tablets• Half tablet/capaules
– Entricoated/sustained release• Decimals
– O.5/.5– 150/1.50
• Duration – 3 === days/weeks– antibiotics
Never use unofficial abbreviations – or invent your own abbreviations – it is not safe to do so.
Prescription audit/monitoring
• Legibility• Use generic names only• Mention the full details of every drug• Avoid unofficial abbreviations• Avoid “Repeat all”• Avoid “Double dosing”
Drug information services
• “The Drug Information Centre is a service offered through Pharmacy department which provides advice and act as a referral service by directing the best available resource to respond to query or concern.”
What kind of information?
1. New Drug or its Product Information/ Identification
2. Availability 3. Contraindications/Safety4. Adverse Drug Reactions/Drug Interactions5. Efficacy/Treatment/Choice of drug6. Pregnancy/Lactation/Pediatrics7. Drug Profile/Indications/Dosage/
Pharmacokinetic information8. Toxicology9. Counselling information
Resources….
• Primary resources: Research papers/Journal
articles/Case reports.
• Secondary resource: abstracts, review
articles, indexing services such as DRUGDEX,
Drug Information Database and abstracting
MEDLINE, MICROMEDIX, etc…
• Tertiary resources: Text books on various
aspects of drug use & practical guidelines.
• Micromedex• FDA website• Medscape • webMD• Drugs.com(dr
ug interaction checker)
• Who guidelines
• EBSCO journal services
Patient counselling
“It is the physicians or pharmacist’s responsibility to ensure the patient receives
the required information for the quality use of medicine.
Counselling implies the communication of information that would encourage therapeutic
outcome”
You can organize a patient counseling Event – to develop professional practice skills.
• Hypertension Dietary changes – Reduce sodium, Reduce alcohol, Eat more fruits and vegetablesRegular aerobic exercise – Walking, runningWeight loss – Eat less
• Diabetes – Less Carbohydrate, Fat and more fiber food
Physical activity – Walking, cyclingNo smoking, Alcohol intakeSulfonyl ureas – Glibenclamide 15-30 mts before food others taken with meal
Storage of medicines
• Proper storage of medication ensures efficacy, stability and safety.
• Room temperature - 15⁰C - 30⁰C• Cool – 8⁰C - 25⁰C• Cold - 2⁰C - 8⁰C• Warm - 30⁰C - 40⁰C• Excessive heat – Any temp. above 40⁰C
Potency & Temperature for storage of Vaccines
Vaccine Temperature Potency maintained for
Oral Polio (OPV) -20⁰C4⁰C to 8⁰C
1 Year3 months
Bacillus Calmette Guerine (BCG)
4⁰C to 8⁰C 1 Year
Diphtheria, Pertusis, Tetanus (DPT)
4⁰C to 8⁰C 2 Years
Measles 0⁰C to 2⁰C 2 Years
Typhoid (TAB) 4⁰C to 8⁰C 8 months
Tetanus toxoid (TT)Hepatitis B
4⁰C to 8⁰C 4 Years
Patient information leaflets
How to overcome the barrier?
PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTIC COMMITEE
THE PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE IS A POLICY FAMING AND
RECOMMENDING BODY TO THE MEDICAL STAFF AND THE ADMINSTRATION OF HOSPITAL ON MATTERS RELATED TO
THERAPEUTIC USE OF DRUGS.
HOSPITAL FORMULARY
• Hospital Formulary is a continually revised compilation of pharmaceuticals including
important ancillary information that reflects the current clinical judgment of the medical
staff.
Contents…
• Introductory information- Acknowledgement, List of abbreviations, Intended usage of the formulary manual
• Basic information of the drug – Generic name, – dosage form, – strength – Indications – Pharmacological action – Precautions – Side effects – Dosage – form, – frequency Instructions – Drug interactions
• Supplementary information on each drug– Price – Regulatory category – Storage guidelines – Patient counselling information– Brand names
• Formulas for various diagnostic stains, diagnostic aids
• Table of common Lab-values
Size of the formulary
• It is sufficiently small in size so that it could be easily carried by clinicians, nurses etc, in the pockets of their uniform or lab coats.
• The hospitals may determine their own size of the formulary.
• Join together to create a better therapeutic outcome.
• For queries contact:DRUG & POISON INFORMATION CENTRE
Department of Pharmacy PracticeC.L. Baid Metha College of Pharmacy
• www.clbaidmethacollege.com Go-to “DIC Request Form”
Aware….
Stay Tuned to the
Developing Technology.
We TREAT
And Let“GOD” Heals...