Implementación del sistema de distribución de medicamentos por dosis unitaria en el área de hospitalización del hospital Santa Inés de la Ciudad de Ambato

Abstract

The aim of this curricular integration work was to implement a unit dose medication distribution system (SDMDU) in the hospitalization area of Santa Inés Hospital, located in Ambato city. The approach was quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and non-experimental. For data collection, a survey was carried out for the pharmacy and nursing staff in the hospitalization area as well as a checklist containing parameters like personnel, infrastructure, dispensing, crash cart and regulations, highlighting the parameter complies or does not comply. Thus, an initial compliance rate of 26.09% was obtained, so that standard operating procedures (SOPs) were drawn up, describing each stage. The health personnel at Santa Inés Hospital from Ambato city were also trained on each of the SDMDU's SOPs. Then, the unit dose medication distribution system was implemented from January to February 2023, as well as SOPs for the handling of concentrated electrolytes, high-risk medicines, and LASA medication. Finally, post-implementation results were evaluated obtaining the following results: 86.96% compliance regarding the parameters initially evaluated in the checklist, similarly with the SDMDU management indicators established by the Ministry of Public Health Standard (2012), where a total of 21 pharmaceutical interventions and a total of $78.45 in returned medication were achieved. It was concluded that the implementation of the SDMDU, allowed reducing errors in medical prescriptions and the Pharmaceutical Chemist or Pharmaceutical Biochemist was more involved with the health team and helped to improve the quality of the medication dispensing service for each of the patients in the hospitalization area.