title: [Dispensing care at the dispensing counter in the conditions of a Czech pharmacy].
abstract: Evaluation of 108 cases when the pharmacist found a need to intervene into prescription verified the use of internationally employed system of classification of pharmaceutical interventions in the conditions of the Czech pharmacy of the basic type. The so-called dispensing care at the counter was provided by five participating pharmacists (out of seven working in the pharmacy) for a period of six months. The most frequently identified problems included: inappropriate use of medicaments--overdose, use at unsuitable time (28.7 %), a need to inform the patient (17.6 %), potentially ineffective therapy (12.9 %), drug interactions (7.4 %), suspected and potential undesirable effects of prescribed medicaments (7.4 %), and insufficient compliance (6.5 %). Solution of problems with medicaments was most frequently: a change in dosage (25.9 %), recommendation to consult the physician (24.1 %), and professional counselling on pharmacotherapy (23.1 %). The pharmacotherapeutic group identified as the one most frequently requiring a telephone consultation of the pharmacist and the physician was antibiotics, including antibacterial chemotherapeutic agents.
authors.affiliation: Veterinární a farmaceutická univerzita Brno, Farmaceutická fakulta, Ustav aplikované farmacie. maceskovab@vfu.cz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Macesková
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Plevacová
mesh_terms: D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D003376:Counseling; D018153:Czech Republic; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors; D010353:Patient Education as Topic