RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES In Nigeria, a shift from the traditional pharmacists' role of dispensing and compounding of medications began in the 1980s with the introduction of drug information services and unit dose-dispensing systems in some hospitals. More than three decades after this, clinical pharmacy practice is still underdeveloped. This study was conducted to explore stakeholders' vi...

BACKGROUND Qairooti (Cerate), a medicinal salve or ointment, compounded of wax and oil, is a formulation used alone or as a basis for medicinal dosage forms. It is widely used from the ancient times to the present. Based on its structure, beeswax has unique characteristics. It builds stable emulsions and increases water absorbance of creams and ointments. The aim of this study was to gather all...

Underreporting tuberculosis (TB) cases can compromise surveillance. We evaluated the contribution of pharmacy data in three different managed-care settings and geographic areas. Persons with more than two anti-TB medications were identified by using pharmacy databases. Active TB was confirmed by using state TB registries, medical record review, or questionnaires from prescribing physicians. We ...

OBJECTIVE Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) provides formulary information at the point of care. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of e-prescribing on formulary compliance and generic utilization. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis of pharmacy claims data from a large national managed care organization. A sample of 95 providers using predominantly e-prescribing...

BACKGROUND Consumer satisfaction is likely to affect the image of the pharmacist and pharmacy profession. Efforts should not only be made to track consumer satisfaction with pharmacy services but also to improve it where needed. OBJECTIVE To investigate consumer satisfaction with community pharmacies in a Nigerian city. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of a consecutive sample of 700 pharmac...

The objective data about traditional, interactive, and distance learning methods in the specialty «Pharmacy» their characteristics, advantages, disadvantages are limited. To analyze characteristics of various teaching at Far Eastern State Medical University. Sociological survey students (n = 267) majoring Faculty Pharmacy Biomedicine (higher education), Medico-Pharmaceutical College (secondary ...

BACKGROUND Although pharmacists are entrusted to play a role in ensuring the safe and appropriate use of all medicines, in general, the inclusion of complementary medicines (CMs) into their professional practice has not been observed. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions and opinions of pharmacists and 8 key stakeholder leaders regarding the barriers that hinder pharmacists ...

background: attendance management is one of the most important issues in the educational institutions. the traditional method for attendance recording is manually recording by professors in the school or university which is associated with several problems. we proposed the design and utilization of an electronic application for students’ attendance recording via smartphones and pcs. methods: th...

M. MOSHFEGH, H. FOROOTANFAR, B. ZARE, A.R. SHAHVERDI, G. ZARRINI, M.A. FARAMARZI 0F Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6451, Tehran, 14174, Iran Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Research Center, Herbal and Traditional Medicine Resear...

1Department of Pharmaco-Bromatology & Molecular Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland; 2School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC; 3Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC; 4Graduate Institute of Natural Pr...