OBJECTIVES The objective of this study is to identify and compare the nature of the drug-related problems (DRPs) associated with self-medication and non-self-medication (drug use guided by a prescription). MATERIALS AND METHODS The cross-sectional, observational study was conducted on 1100 adult participants at a convenience sample of six retail private pharmacy counters. The data collection ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the quality of two pharmaceutical care models (with and without pharmacist participation in the clinical team), in hospitalised onco-haematological patients. METHOD A prospective cohort study in the oncology and haematology departments of a university hospital over a 26-month period. A centralised model (model C) was used over 16 months and a decentralised integration mod...

BACKGROUND Clinical pharmacy activities in a pediatric inpatient department help to improve the management of patients clinically and economically. OBJECTIVE To assess the relevance of pharmaceutical interventions (PIs) in a pediatric inpatient department in Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire). MATERIALS AND METHODS We carried out a cross-sectional, descriptive study from February to September 2014. Th...

The proper management of inventories in a supply chain is a complex problem. Recently, the use of directly related DRP and MRP systems in supply chains have been increasing. The spreadsheet-based simulator described in this paper was developed to integrate DRP and MRP systems for a proposed hypothetical company . A sample problem that considers all related costs was designed to illustrate how t...

The study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of blend enzymes, organic catalysts, and probiotics on water quality Pasig River determine its sustainability aquatic life. effects varying dosage mixture were also identified. data observed compared standard for fishery set by Department Environment Natural Resources (DENR). On-site application results analyzed using paired t-test. All para...