Diseño de un plan piloto para la implementación de un área de formulación magistral en el servicio de farmacia del Hospital Pediátrico Alfonso Villagómez de Riobamba.

Abstract

The pediatric master formula is a tool that expects to solve the problems that arise during the pharmacotherapy of patients, however, there are few public health institutions in our country that provide this service. The Pediatric Hospital Alfonso Villagómez Román expects to improve the quality of care for their patients, through an intervention in pharmaceutical services, so that the design of pilot plan for the implementation of an area of master formulation in the pharmacy service was carried out, for this a diagnosis of the knowledge and the current situation on master formulation was made, be means of the application of surveys to the medical personnel, nursing, and pharmacy service, as well as the minimum requirements for the implementation of this area were determined by means of the observation making use of a checklist elaborated based on parameters established in the Ecuadorian normative, whit the obtained results that it was determined that 67% of the surveyed personnel have knowledge about master formulations, besides 74% of the professionals affirm that the this service could be located when it was implemented, establishing the minimum requirements and the necessary conditions, after the related evaluation and digitalized map of the area was elaborate. Each zone, equipment and materials are delimited, according to the measurements of the space designate by the hospital, as well as Standard Operating Procedures (POES). This investigation served to determine the implementation of this viable area, thereby ensuring access to quality medicines that are safe, reliable and effective, to improve and strengthen primary health care.