PHARMACEUTICAL CARE IN HOSPITAL HIGH OF ONCOLOGICAL PATIENTS

Abstract

Introduction: The Global Patient Safety Challenge aims to identify areas of significant risk to patient safety and foster the development of harm prevention tools and strategies. Thus, the National Patient Safety Program (PNSP), aims to reduce the risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care. In this scenario, the pharmacist is an important professional, since his actions are aimed at identifying and solving Drug-Related Problems (PRM), improving adherence and increasing treatment safety. Objective: To analyze pharmaceutical care at hospital discharge of cancer patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in the Federal District. Methods: Retrospective, observational study with a quantitative methodological approach. Data were collected from electronic medical records regarding patients who were discharged between January and August 2020. Results: 638 hospital discharges were registered in the oncology inpatient unit. Of these, 107 patients were treated with pharmaceutical services at hospital discharge (18%). Among the services, the following stand out: dispensing medication for discharge (38.6%), education of the patient / companion at discharge (34%), pharmaceutical referral at the counter reference (27%) and medication reconciliation at discharge (0.4 %). Conclusion: Pharmaceutical care during hospital discharge can lead to increased access to medications for post-discharge use and continued care. The pharmaceutical services that occurred most frequently are related to the promotion of the rational use of medicines, since it leaves the patient informed about the risks of drug therapy and promotes better adherence to it.