Covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil: efforts of hospital pharmacy services

Objective: To investigate the efforts of hospital pharmacy services in Brazilian public hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study about practical and routine hospital pharmacy services in hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) was developed. The online su...

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Autores principales:	Jullian T. SILVA, Sharon S. LANDGRAF, Isabelly A. SENA, Juliana S. FRANÇA, Vivian A. SILVA
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Publicado:	Sociedade Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de Saúde 2021
Materias:	Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441 Therapeutics. Pharmacology RM1-950
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d1925d2a7d194901924c714a88d26ab72021-11-28T02:42:44ZCovid-19 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil: efforts of hospital pharmacy services10.30968/rbfhss.2021.123.06242179-59242316-7750https://doaj.org/article/d1925d2a7d194901924c714a88d26ab72021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.rbfhss.org.br/sbrafh/article/view/624https://doaj.org/toc/2179-5924https://doaj.org/toc/2316-7750 Objective: To investigate the efforts of hospital pharmacy services in Brazilian public hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study about practical and routine hospital pharmacy services in hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) was developed. The online survey consisted of 22 questions (3 multiple choice questions, 14 yes/no questions and 5 open-response questions) and the instrument was applied to 20 frontline pharmacists of 6 different hospitals from September 15th to 30th of 2020. Descriptive analysis was made by means of estimation of proportions. Results: We observed that 12 of the 20 participating pharmacists were trained about the new protocols and practice. Two hospitals have altered their Pharmacy Department, creating two groups: (1) services supply of COVID-19 and (2) services supply for others disease or complications. It was found that 3 of the 6 hospitals implemented an exclusively electronic medical prescription system and all of them used individualized dispensing system. At least one pharmacist of each hospital reported a lack or shortage of one or more drugs used in the COVID-19 treatment. Six main causes of drug scarcity were cited and 5 hospitals pointed two of them: increased cost of drug manufacturing and insufficient quantities of raw materials. In addition, we found out that essential ICU drugs, such as ceftriaxone, azithromycin, fentanyl and midazolam were the most prescribed ones, being cited by 5 hospitals (each one). Conclusion: This study showed that pharmaceutical services from six public hospitals of the city of Rio de Janeiro have been adjusted and redesigned to fight the COVID-19. Furthermore, this work can contribute to a more comprehensive vision of the pharmaceutical community about their challenges in the fight against COVID-19 and to provide positive suggestions for improving pharmacy practices. Jullian T. SILVASharon S. LANDGRAFIsabelly A. SENAJuliana S. FRANÇAVivian A. SILVASociedade Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de SaúdearticlePublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270Pharmacy and materia medicaRS1-441Therapeutics. PharmacologyRM1-950ENPTRevista Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de Saúde, Vol 12, Iss 3 (2021)
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topic	Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441 Therapeutics. Pharmacology RM1-950
spellingShingle	Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Pharmacy and materia medica RS1-441 Therapeutics. Pharmacology RM1-950 Jullian T. SILVA Sharon S. LANDGRAF Isabelly A. SENA Juliana S. FRANÇA Vivian A. SILVA Covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil: efforts of hospital pharmacy services
description	Objective: To investigate the efforts of hospital pharmacy services in Brazilian public hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study about practical and routine hospital pharmacy services in hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) was developed. The online survey consisted of 22 questions (3 multiple choice questions, 14 yes/no questions and 5 open-response questions) and the instrument was applied to 20 frontline pharmacists of 6 different hospitals from September 15th to 30th of 2020. Descriptive analysis was made by means of estimation of proportions. Results: We observed that 12 of the 20 participating pharmacists were trained about the new protocols and practice. Two hospitals have altered their Pharmacy Department, creating two groups: (1) services supply of COVID-19 and (2) services supply for others disease or complications. It was found that 3 of the 6 hospitals implemented an exclusively electronic medical prescription system and all of them used individualized dispensing system. At least one pharmacist of each hospital reported a lack or shortage of one or more drugs used in the COVID-19 treatment. Six main causes of drug scarcity were cited and 5 hospitals pointed two of them: increased cost of drug manufacturing and insufficient quantities of raw materials. In addition, we found out that essential ICU drugs, such as ceftriaxone, azithromycin, fentanyl and midazolam were the most prescribed ones, being cited by 5 hospitals (each one). Conclusion: This study showed that pharmaceutical services from six public hospitals of the city of Rio de Janeiro have been adjusted and redesigned to fight the COVID-19. Furthermore, this work can contribute to a more comprehensive vision of the pharmaceutical community about their challenges in the fight against COVID-19 and to provide positive suggestions for improving pharmacy practices.
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author	Jullian T. SILVA Sharon S. LANDGRAF Isabelly A. SENA Juliana S. FRANÇA Vivian A. SILVA
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title	Covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil: efforts of hospital pharmacy services
title_short	Covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil: efforts of hospital pharmacy services
title_full	Covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil: efforts of hospital pharmacy services
title_fullStr	Covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil: efforts of hospital pharmacy services
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title_sort	covid-19 in rio de janeiro/brazil: efforts of hospital pharmacy services
publisher	Sociedade Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de Saúde
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Covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil: efforts of hospital pharmacy services

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