pharmacy as the last unit in the pharmaceutical supply chain is responsible for supplying and dispensing medicines to the patients and giving required advices to them, based on their needs and physician’s prescriptions according to standard protocols of the country. beside this responsibility, which is primarily on drugstores, this unit is regarded as a small business unit and should have econo...

Purpose: This study examined the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and medication therapy management services delivery of community pharmacies in Rivers State, Nigeria.
 Methodology: Correlational research design was adopted for using survey method. All State registered with Pharmacists Council Nigerian (PCN) constituted population had a 462 from which sample size 214 determ...

The distribution of pharmacies in Indonesia is still becoming a problem. Pharmacies are
 mostly available around healthcare facilities such as hospitals, service providers, trade
 centers, transportation facilities, and main roads. study aims to describe the distribution
 profile based on Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis the
 relation between pharmacy profiles wi...

• Sparse implementation of barcode scanning technology was identified in Scotland. Variation associated with use may pose safety concerns. The purpose for which is used underpin staff acceptance. Greater efforts are needed to increase within community pharmacy. Increasing a strategic goal pharmacy facilitate medicines’ dispensing. Barcode (BST) considered low cost and reliable potential benefit...

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that the role of pharmacists in low-income settings be expanded to address the increasing complexity of HIV antiretroviral (ARV) and co-infection drug regimens. However, in many such settings including in India, many pharmacists and pharmacy workers are often neither well trained nor aware of the intricacies of HIV treatment. The aims of...

BACKGROUND Community pharmacies are a convenient setting for vaccinating adults against infectious diseases in the United States. Whether the costs paid for vaccination in pharmacies differ from those in medical settings is unclear. OBJECTIVE To examine whether the direct medical costs paid for adult vaccination differ by vaccination setting. METHODS This was an observational retrospective ...

BACKGROUND The incidence of serotonin syndrome is increasing due to the widening use of serotonergic drugs. Identification of serotonin syndrome is challenging as the manifestations are diverse. Misdiagnosis can lead to delay in care and inappropriate treatment. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to determine if staff of community pharmacies in Australia could identify the symptoms ...

BACKGROUND UK government policy aims to strengthen the role of community pharmacies in health promotion. Thus, we conducted feasibility studies for an intervention to enhance delivery of the NHS Smoking Cessation Service. METHODS The overall aims were to assess acceptability and feasibility of conducting the intervention in community pharmacies and piloting this with a cluster randomised tria...

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2003: 29(2) High street pharmacies have always played a key role in helping people to look after their own health, including sexual health. Women routinely visit pharmacies to purchase or seek advice from pharmacists on treatments for minor ailments such as vaginal thrush, some forms of contraception, and for the dispensing of prescription...