KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF HOSPITAL PHARMACISTS TOWARD EXTEMPORANEOUS COMPOUNDING
Fatima Eisa, Tarig Osman* and Nahid Osman
ABSTRACT
Background: Extemporaneous compounding refers to the preparation of small quantities of a medicine from its constituent, ingredients it is made on-site, at the time of need. Extemporaneous compounds can meet the clinical needs of a particular individuals or patients, but it may expose patients to serious health problems if not well prepared. Objectives: This study was conducted to assess pharmacists‟ knowledge and Perception toward extemporaneous compounding in different hospital in Khartoum locality. Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study; ten health facilities were purposively selected. Total coverage for pharmacists working and available in that hospitals from November 2018 to February 2019; study was carried out by questionnaire sheet. One hundred fifty-four questionnaires were distributed for attendant pharmacists in selected facilities. Data were entered and cleaned by Microsoft excel data sheet (2010), & then entered into Statistical Package for Social Science SPSS (version 20) was used to analyse the data. Results: Most of participants are females, the abundant age is 39years and less,1 participant is PhD holder, tow participants are with the diploma and the rests are equally M.Sc., and BSc, the position of general pharmacist, is the abundant occupation, years of experience is five years and less for most participants.It appeared that the most common reason was Needed medication a (77.1%), followed by The available dosage form is not suitable for the patient (42.9%). It appeared that unavailability of designated area was the most common challenge. Only about 22.5 % of the participant‟s pharmacists were with good knowledge of extemporaneous compounding. Conclusion: The findings suggest that there seems to be insufficient knowledge within selected hospitals‟ staff. Hospital pharmacists believe that medication not industrially available for most participants followed by choice of that available dosage form is not suitable for the patient are the main reasons for extemporaneous compounding. Also they believe that no designated area for compounding is the critical barrier in front of compounding. Moreover, mostly they believed that their performance was below and far below the standards which may reflect they ready to be improved when feasible.
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