School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, c/o Satellite Academic Building, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Saudi Pharm J. 2013 Jan;21(1):19-24. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2012.01.002. Epub 2012 Jan 14.
In Malaysia, therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) service was started in the 1980s. Since then, the number of hospitals that offer the service has increased. In this paper, we report the findings of a nationwide survey describing the practice of TDM in these hospitals. Questionnaires were mailed to 128 government hospitals. Data were collected for general characteristics of the hospitals, administrative, and laboratory activities related to TDM service. One hundred and twenty-one hospitals responded to the survey. Thirty-four hospitals (28.1%) provided the service with their own TDM laboratories, 44 hospitals (36.4%) provided the service using other hospitals' laboratories and 43 hospitals (35.5%) did not provide the service at all. TDM services were more likely to be offered in larger hospitals with various medical specialties. Since it is managed entirely by hospital pharmacists, these pharmacists assume an important role in ensuring optimum use of the TDM service.
在马来西亚，治疗药物监测（TDM）服务始于 20 世纪 80 年代。自那时以来，提供此项服务的医院数量有所增加。在本文中，我们报告了一项全国性调查的结果，该调查描述了这些医院中 TDM 的实践情况。向 128 家政府医院邮寄了问卷。收集了有关医院的一般特征，与 TDM 服务相关的行政和实验室活动的数据。有 121 家医院对调查做出了回应。34 家医院（28.1%）拥有自己的 TDM 实验室提供此项服务，44 家医院（36.4%）使用其他医院的实验室提供此项服务，而 43 家医院（35.5%）根本不提供此项服务。TDM 服务更有可能在拥有各种医疗专业的较大医院中提供。由于它完全由医院药剂师管理，因此这些药剂师在确保 TDM 服务的最佳使用方面发挥着重要作用。
