Servicio de consulta terapéutica y toxicológica (Secott):  Experiencia de ocho años en un hospital del tercer nivel de  atención en Guatemala, Hospital Roosevelt 2008-2016

Eleonora Gaitán Izaguirre; Lesly Xajil Ramos

doi:10.54495/Rev.Cientifica.v27i2.64

Authors

Eleonora Gaitán Izaguirre Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of San Carlos of Guatemala
Lesly Xajil Ramos Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of San Carlos of Guatemala

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54495/Rev.Cientifica.v27i2.64

Keywords:

notification, pharmacovigilance, stability of medications, therapeutic indications and posology

Abstract

Drug information centers are a key support for health care professionals, especially when they are in hospitals, to engage in active and passive information. In this retrospective study, characterization and analysis of activities and consultations undertaken by the Consultation Service Therapeutics and Toxicology Consultation Service y Secott (tertiary care hospital), as is the Roosevelt Hospital was performed. The study was conducted with data from the consultations held since the founding of the service in 2008, to June 2016. A total of 1,740 therapeutic consultations were obtained, of which the majority (76.1%) were tone by pharmacists, the most frequent queries, related to stability of drugs (19.6%), therapeutic indications and dosages. During this period, 187 poison consultations and 441 pharmacovigilance reporting were conducted. The average response time of queries was 15 min; however this may vary in relation to the complexity thereof. The most commonly used form of query reception is by oral communication. Consultations were mostly resolved by electronic path in written form. The results show the productivity of the Service, which current needs are covered and the existence of similarities with the operation and activities of other hospital therapeutic consultation services.

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