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Perception of Physicians and Nurses towards Clinical Pharmacy Services (CPSs) at oncology care setting: A hospital based Observational Survey.
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MANJULA GUDHOOR, MADIWALAYYA SHIVAKANTAYYA GANACHARI
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Introduction: Clinical pharmacy is a distinctive arena of Pharmacy Practice that emphases on enhancing drug-associated outcomes for patients during the course of the drug administration process1, 2. Preceding studies have revealed that there are certain variances in doctors’ insights for different types of Clinical pharmacy services (CPSs) 3, 4, and that doctors seems to be more optimistic concerning to CPSs if they come in contact with pharmacists persisytently5-10. Methodology: A hospital based observational study conducted at cancer care hospitals. Validated questionnaires were used to conduct the study after the pilot test among Physicians & nurses. Results: Out of 73 Health care professionals 18 were onco-physicians & 55 were onco-nurses who participated in the study are conceiving perception towards pharmacist involvement in CPSs & safe handling of Cytotoxic Drugs with Mean Average value ± SD average value is 10.22 ± 4.02, 3.66 ± 4.06 & 5.11 ± 1.69 for yes, No & Not sure responses & Mean Average value ± SD average value is 31.11 ± 8.57, 8.33 ± 5.07 & 15.55 ± 4.77 for yes, no, not sure responses respectively. Conclusion: This survey has noticeably demonstrated the significance & constructive perception of clinical pharmacist services amongst different health care professionals at oncology care settings. Thus, apparent need for qualified & trained clinical pharmacists in a supercilious domain of oncology care setting is dynamically replicated in the survey inferences.
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Clinical pharmacy services (CPSs), cytotoxic drugs, Health care Professionals (HCPs), Clinical Pharmacist
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.161
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