Conference abstract
Evaluation of hospital pharmaceutical practices in Cameroon: case of category 1,2,3 hospitals
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2023:17(4).04
Jun 2023.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2023.17.4.1817
Archived on: 04 Jun 2023
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Keywords: Cameroon, hospital pharmacy practice, basel statements
Oral presentation
Evaluation of hospital pharmaceutical practices in Cameroon: case of category 1,2,3 hospitals
Keumoe Franck Valles1,&, Kouanfack Charles1,2, Ntsama Essomba Claudine3
1University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon, 2Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 3University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon
&Corresponding author
Introduction:hospital pharmacy has a significant impact on healthcare systems, with a significant impact on achieving therapeutic outcomes for patients in hospitals. Hospital pharmacy practice improves the quality of medication use by diversifying the services it provides, with a greater emphasis on patient–centered care and medication management. Hospital pharmacy services can be classified into two so-called functional areas: distribution activities and clinical activities. The present contribution aims to review the current state of hospital pharmacy practices in categories 1, 2, and 3 hospitals of the Cameroonian health pyramid in order to identify the problems they face.
Methods:the study was implemented over eight months and ran from December to July 2022. A descriptive cross-sectional study was then carried out with the help of pharmacists in charge of the targeted hospitals, to whom a data collection tool was administered. Finally, a comparison was made between the information obtained and the Basel statements on hospital pharmacy, in order to evaluate the level of implementation or achievement of the latter.
Results: twenty-one (21) hospital pharmacists (84% of health facilities of levels 1,2,3) from the nine régions responded tothe survey. The exhaustive sampling was representative of the regions and the two levels of the health pyramid solicited. The results were grouped into six themes: governance, pharmaceutical services, clinical pharmacy, human resources, and education. Distribution-centered practice describes the practice model of almost one-third of the hospital practices evaluated, pharmaceutical care implementation is almost nonexistent.
Conclusion: health governance is one of the main challenges for the development of hospital pharmacy practices and the FIP Basel statements on hospital pharmacy is an excellent opportunity to capitalise on.
Evaluation of hospital pharmaceutical practices in Cameroon: case of category 1,2,3 hospitals
Keumoe Franck Valles1,&, Kouanfack Charles1,2, Ntsama Essomba Claudine3
1University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon, 2Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 3University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon
&Corresponding author
Introduction:hospital pharmacy has a significant impact on healthcare systems, with a significant impact on achieving therapeutic outcomes for patients in hospitals. Hospital pharmacy practice improves the quality of medication use by diversifying the services it provides, with a greater emphasis on patient–centered care and medication management. Hospital pharmacy services can be classified into two so-called functional areas: distribution activities and clinical activities. The present contribution aims to review the current state of hospital pharmacy practices in categories 1, 2, and 3 hospitals of the Cameroonian health pyramid in order to identify the problems they face.
Methods:the study was implemented over eight months and ran from December to July 2022. A descriptive cross-sectional study was then carried out with the help of pharmacists in charge of the targeted hospitals, to whom a data collection tool was administered. Finally, a comparison was made between the information obtained and the Basel statements on hospital pharmacy, in order to evaluate the level of implementation or achievement of the latter.
Results: twenty-one (21) hospital pharmacists (84% of health facilities of levels 1,2,3) from the nine régions responded tothe survey. The exhaustive sampling was representative of the regions and the two levels of the health pyramid solicited. The results were grouped into six themes: governance, pharmaceutical services, clinical pharmacy, human resources, and education. Distribution-centered practice describes the practice model of almost one-third of the hospital practices evaluated, pharmaceutical care implementation is almost nonexistent.
Conclusion: health governance is one of the main challenges for the development of hospital pharmacy practices and the FIP Basel statements on hospital pharmacy is an excellent opportunity to capitalise on.
