RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Implementation of safety standards of compounded sterile preparations in hospital pharmacies: a multinational cross-sectional study
JF European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy
JO Eur J Hosp Pharm
FD British Medical Journal Publishing Group
SP 339
OP 342
DO 10.1136/ejhpharm-2015-000872
VO 23
IS 6
A1 Nouf Al-Fadel
A1 Mansour A Mahmoud
A1 Rabih Dabliz
A1 Osama Tabbara
A1 Hisham Aljadhey
YR 2016
UL http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/23/6/339.abstract
AB Objectives To evaluate implementation of safety standards of compounded sterile preparations in different hospitals.Methods This cross-sectional study included 124 hospitals from 19 countries. A survey was developed based on the guidelines and safety practices of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) for sterile preparations compounding, and was sent to the members of the Intravenous and Parenteral Nutrition experts’ network (IV PN experts’ network) in the Gulf region and beyond using SurveyMonkey software.Results 124 pharmacists were invited to participate in this study. Only 39 (31.5%) pharmacists from seven countries responded: 16 (41%) of the participants were pharmacy supervisors, and 23 (59%) had >10 years of work experience. However, a majority, 27 (69%), of the respondents were from Saudi Arabia. Written policies and procedures for sterile preparations compounding were available in 37 (95%) hospitals. The concentrated electrolytes were removed from all patient care areas in 28 (72%) hospitals, and 30 (77%) hospitals clearly labelled those as high-alert medications. The use of advanced technologies, such as bar code verification or IV robotics, for compounding sterile preparations were not implemented in 27 (69%) hospitals.Conclusions Minimum standards and best practice recommendations to ensure safety of sterile preparation compounding were implemented in many hospitals of different countries. However, advanced technologies were not implemented by the majority of the hospitals.