ASSISTÊNCIA FARMACÊUTICA NA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA À SAÚDE DE UM MUNICÍPIO POTIGUAR, BRASIL

Caroline Nóbrega Bernardino; Almária Mariz Batista

doi:10.14450/2318-9312.v31.e2.a2019.pp86-92

PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE AT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN A POTIGUAR COUNTY, BRAZIL

Authors

Caroline Nóbrega Bernardino Escola Multicampi de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Rua Dr. Carlindo Dantas, s/n, Caicó, RN. CEP 59300-000, Brasil.
Almária Mariz Batista Departamento de Farmácia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Av. General Gustavo Cordeiro de Farias, s/n, Natal, RN. CEP 59010-180, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14450/2318-9312.v31.e2.a2019.pp86-92

Keywords:

Pharmaceutical Assistence, pharmaceutical services, primary health care

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate Pharmaceutical Care in Caicó, RN State, Brazil, through a transversal and descriptive study carried on from September 2016 to March 2017. An instrument with indicators was applied to the workers from the Pharmaceutical Supply Center and pharmacies of Health Basic Units. The city has its List of Essential Drugs, although there is not a Commission of Therapeutic and Pharmacy. No evaluated pharmacy presented a Pharmacist, Standard Operational Procedure, nor supply-handling. Register. The medicines dispensing was carried out by Community health agents (35%), nurses (74%) and nursing assistants (100%), instead of Pharmacist. Air conditioners was observed at only 65% of the pharmacies, while no pharmacy had humidity and temperature control. Data reveal that Pharmaceutical Care in Caicó County was not efficient, and a commitment by municipal managers is necessary to provide an effective service to the Public Health Care users.

Author Biographies

Caroline Nóbrega Bernardino, Escola Multicampi de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Rua Dr. Carlindo Dantas, s/n, Caicó, RN. CEP 59300-000, Brasil.

Farmacêutica, Especialista em Atenção Básica (UFRN).

Almária Mariz Batista, Departamento de Farmácia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Av. General Gustavo Cordeiro de Farias, s/n, Natal, RN. CEP 59010-180, Brasil.

Farmacêutica, Mestre em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Docente do Departamento de Farmácia (UFRN).

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Published

2019-10-07

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Nóbrega Bernardino, C., & Mariz Batista, A. (2019). PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE AT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN A POTIGUAR COUNTY, BRAZIL. Infarma - Pharmaceutical Sciences, 31(2), 86–92. https://doi.org/10.14450/2318-9312.v31.e2.a2019.pp86-92

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Vol. 31 No. 2 (2019)

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