Ferrand É, Painchart L, Grimandi G, Décaudin B, Bussières JF. [The roles and the impacts of pharmacists in the management of medical devices at the hospital: A literature review].
ANNALES PHARMACEUTIQUES FRANÇAISES 2017;
75:409-419. [PMID:
28666516 DOI:
10.1016/j.pharma.2017.05.001]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
Identify the training profile and the published evidences about the roles and the impacts of hospital pharmacists in medical devices.
METHODS
A literature review was conducted using Google, Google Scholar and Pubmed for 1990-2016 associated with a manual search conducted in three non-indexed pharmaceutical journals for 2000-2016.
RESULTS
The analysis of training programs available did not allow us to identify a specific training profile. A total of 72 articles related to the roles and the impacts of the pharmacist were identified, 52 of which came from non-indexed journals. Those articles did not deal specifically about the roles and the impacts of pharmacist; however, articles were analyses for three spheres including the referencing of medical devices (n=36), the evaluation (n=19) and the distribution system (n=13).
CONCLUSIONS
French pharmacists have many theoretical and practical training opportunities. There are a few articles describing precisely the roles and the impacts of hospital pharmacists in medical device. It appears urgent to better document this activity in professional and indexed literature.
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