title: [The availability of the antidotes in the moroccan hospitals: a report revealing an urgency!].
abstract: The objective of our survey is to value the availability of the antidotes in the main Moroccan hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire constituted of 15 items and permitting to appreciate the availability of 43 antidotes selected in the literature, has been addressed to 9 hospitals of which 3 soldiers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five per cent of the antidotes were available in all hospitals having answered to our questionnaire. Forty two per cent of the antidotes missed to all structures, the rest (47%) had a variable availability according to the structures. The list of the missing antidotes is long and contains classified vital products of group A of the recommendations of the IPCS (International Program on Chemical Safety) like the specific antibodies of the digoxine and the methylene blue.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The found results are troubling and often unveil sometimes a big problem of management of these products vital and constituent the unique treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de pharmacie hospitalière, Hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benziane
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: El Jaoudi
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lamsaouri
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siah
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taoufik
mesh_terms: D000931:Antidotes / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D003625:Data Collection; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires