Clinical pharmacy care service in specialized hospitals

Abstract

Background: The structure and organization of units providing pharmaceutical care services of the hospitals and range of care services provided by clinical pharmacists are different in our country. InsufÏcient implementation of the job description of clinical pharmacists and lack of research on clinical pharmacy care services were the background of this study. Aim: The aim was to study clinical pharmacy care services of specialized hospitals. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted by cross sectional method using the questionnaire developed on the basis of the international study results in the field of pharmaceutical care services and the legal documents applicable to pharmaceutical and clinical pharmacy care service, and hospital pharmacy operations in Mongolia. Results: The average number of clinical pharmacist per 50 beds was 0.62 and the average number of bed per one clinical pharmacists was 80.9 in specialized hospitals. The most hospitals involved in this study regularly provide services such as registering and reporting adverse drug reactions, packaging drugs in unit doses, and dispensing drugs to patients. The preparation of the mixture of IV solutions, medication therapy monitoring and clinical pharmacokinetic services are rarely or not provided. Conclusion: There is a shortage of clinical pharmacists in specialized hospitals, and the scope of clinical pharmacy care service is small and varied.