Determination of pharmacy pharmacists and pharmacy employees' knowledge of and attitudes towards magistral drug preparation in Malatya/ Turkey

Yıl 2019, Cilt: 49 Sayı: 3, 125 - 131, 01.12.2019

Turgay Kolaç , Perihan Gürbüz Gülsüm Yetiş Zehra Deniz Çırak

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DOI: 10.26650/IstanbulJPharm.2019.19012

Magistral drugs are preferred when present preparations are not sufficient. Even though , the tendency of their usage ha d been decreased , it is predicted that magistral applications will be used more often in the future. In this study pharmacists and pharmacy emplo yees, who work in 95 pharmacies in Malatya city center and accepted to join the study (n=203 ), filled a questionnaire which was prepared by using the literature. In the analysis of the obtained data, frequency and percentages were calculated by using SPSS 24.0 program. It was observed that 11.1

of the pharmacies were close to a health center and 88.0 of the participants were preparing magistral drugs. It was stated that 55.2 of the participants prepared magistral medications 1 2 times a week According to the results, although the frequency varied with the localization of pharmacies, magistral drug preparation ratios w ere generally similar with the literature. Preferred magistral drug forms were; cream (74.7 %%), pomade (69.8 and solution (54.7 in order. Of the participants who stated themselves to be insufficient in magistral drug preparation 19.5 said that the p rescriptions were insufficient and 33.3 reported that the doctors' prescriptions were incomplete or unreadable.

You may cite this article as: Kolaç T, Gürbüz P, Yetiş G, Çırak ZD (2019). Determination of Pharmacy Pharmacists and Pharmacy Employees' Knowledge and Attitudes about Magistral Drug Preparation in Malatya/Turkey. Istanbul J Pharm 10.26650/IstanbulJPharm.2019.19012.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Magistral formulas, Pharmacy workers, Knowledge, Preparation, Malatya/Turkey

Kaynakça

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