Endriukaitis Lauren A, Briars Leslie A, Bursua Adam J
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2017 May-Jun;57(3):412-413. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2017.02.027.
To initiate a call to action for community pharmacists and key-pharmacy stakeholders in the standardization of oral-liquid dosage forms.
Not applicable.
Unintentional overdose of medication due to administration error results in thousands of pediatric hospitalizations yearly. A lack of prescription and dosage device standardization pertaining to oral-liquid medications continue to be a public health hazard. Multiple professional organizations have publicly endorsed the standardization of oral liquid dosage forms. Universal adoption will not be achieved until key-pharmacy stakeholders encourage their pharmacists to use best practices when verifying and preparing prescription medication. Specifically, these practices should include immediate conversion of prescriptions containing non-metric volumes into metric volumes, providing appropriate sized oral dosing syringes for all oral liquid prescriptions, writing dosing directions in the safest format, and counseling patients and caretakers of proper medication administration.
Community pharmacists are uniquely positioned to lead the universal adoption of these best practices to ensure proper oral-liquid dosing administration for all patients.
呼吁社区药剂师及关键药房利益相关者对口服液体剂型进行标准化。
不适用。
因用药错误导致的意外药物过量每年致使数千名儿童住院。口服液体药物在处方和剂量装置方面缺乏标准化仍是一种公共卫生危害。多个专业组织已公开支持口服液体剂型的标准化。在关键药房利益相关者鼓励药剂师在核查和调配处方药时采用最佳做法之前，无法实现普遍采用。具体而言，这些做法应包括立即将含非公制体积的处方转换为公制体积，为所有口服液体处方提供合适尺寸的口服给药注射器，以最安全的格式书写给药说明，以及为患者和护理人员提供正确用药管理的咨询。
社区药剂师处于独特地位，能够引领这些最佳做法的普遍采用，以确保所有患者正确进行口服液体给药。
