Análisis del Consumo de Medicamentos en el Área de Emergencia del Hospital Pediátrico Alfonso Villagómez Román - Riobamba

Abstract

Drug consumption in the Emergency Department of the Alfonso Villagómez Román Pediatric Hospital in the city of Riobamba during August 2010 was analyzed in order to detect causes of drug wastage and improve the pharmacotherapeutic treatment of patients. The deductive method was used, following up on prescriptions, 08 sheets and patients' daily reports to obtain information on drug consumption, perform statistical analysis and obtain research results. It was identified that the most consumed drugs were: the anti-inflammatory Ibuprofen with 5292 units, representing 22.5%, and the anti-infective Amoxicillin with 2395 units, equivalent to 10.2%. The possible factors of loss were: embezzlement of medicine due to prescriptions that do not have 08 sheets as evidence that they were delivered to the patient, with a total of 107 units, equivalent to 88.4%; inadequate dosage, with 12 units corresponding to 9.9%; of these factors, anti-inflammatory drugs, vitamins and anti-infectives were the medicines that were lost most, 41.3%, 23.1% and 22.3% respectively, the loss of medicines during the month studied amounted to $149.03. There was evidence of economic losses for the Hospital, and it was recommended that a new model of checkbook-type prescription be created so that the checkbook would also include data on the patient, the area to which he/she belongs and the medicine prescribed, thus avoiding further losses of medicines.