Quigley M A, Brown W M
Hosp Pharm. 1981 Jul;15(7):371-4, 378-80.
The survey attempts to examine various Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P & T) Committees' activities for indications of a rational and objective approach to drugs and the hospital formulary. The objectives were: 1) to gain insight as to how drug products attain formulary listing by examining select P & T Committee's reasons for adding and deleting drugs; 2) to determine whether P & T Committees are attempting to follow generally accepted guidelines for the operation of the formulary system; and 3) to determine how the hospital pharmacist is responding to the rational and/or irrational drug selection by the P & T Committee. The results showed that the hospitals studied appeared to be acting in agreement with the guidelines presented. Definitive statements concerning the activities of the pharmacist and the rational approach of the P & T Committee to the hospital formulary could not be made. The author recommends that P & T Committees begin documenting the methods they utilize to promote and maintain the formulary system in hospitals. This information should be used as an educational tool by the P & T Committee.
该调查试图审视各药物与治疗学（P&T）委员会的活动，以寻找其在药物及医院处方集方面采取合理、客观方法的迹象。目标如下：1）通过研究选定的P&T委员会增减药物的原因，深入了解药品如何进入处方集；2）确定P&T委员会是否试图遵循处方集系统运作的普遍公认准则；3）确定医院药剂师如何应对P&T委员会合理和/或不合理的药物选择。结果显示，所研究的医院似乎遵循了所提出的准则。关于药剂师的活动以及P&T委员会对医院处方集的合理方法，无法做出明确表述。作者建议P&T委员会开始记录他们在医院推广和维护处方集系统所采用的方法。这些信息应由P&T委员会用作教育工具。
