Análisis de la disponibilidad de medicamentos en una farmacia comunitaria

Abstract

Introduction: The prevailing legislation in Spain establishes that community pharmacies should give among other services, the acquirement, custody and dispensing of medicines to the population. Objetives: To evaluated the availability of medicines in a community pharmacy, and analyze those not availalble and study the time in the acquisition of them. Method: A 45 days length retrospective study on the dispensed medicines and those not available for dispensing in a Community pharmacy in Seville. The records of prescribed medicines were gathered on a computer aplication, and in a process of order the medicines not available but which the customer orders should be put at his or her disposition, and also the time of acquisition was registered. The medicines neither dispensed nor ordered were also noted down. Results: The total number of possible dispensations were 4.429 medicine packages, of which 4.400 were really made (99.0%) although immediately they were 4,127 (94.2%) the medicines ordered took an average of 9 hours and 27 minutes to be obtained 78% of the 257 medicines not available immediately were due to a lack of stock in the pharmacy. The pharmacy had a substitute with the same composition, doses and pharmaceutical format on 142 occasions, 55% of these 257 medicines. Conclusions: The community pharmacy fulfilled adequately its role of accessbility to medicines for the population and possesses a supply system of great swiftness.

Introducción: La legislación vigente en España establece que las oficinas de farmacia deberán prestar entre otros servicios, el de la adquisición, custodia y dispensación de los medicamentos a la población.