%0 Journal Article
%T Community Pharmacy Prescription Screening in the UAE
%A Muaed Alomar
%J Pharmacology & Pharmacy
%P 83-91
%@ 2157-9431
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/pp.2014.51013
%X <p style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">This study was
designed to investigate and to evaluate pharmacists in the United Arab Emirates</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Fujairah</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Dibba</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Sharjah-Abu Dhabi.</span><span> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The study is concerned with how
pharmacists deal with prescriptions (OTC-Ethical) and their behavior with their
patients in comparison to standards.</span><span> </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Objectives</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span><i><span> </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The study¡¯s
objective is to evaluate current pharmacists, who deal with a large number of
patients and affect their lives.</span><span> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methodology</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span></span><i><span> </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">A descriptive and comparative prospective prescription screening study,
which evaluates data in OTC and ethical prescriptions.1000 prescriptions
(including OTC and ethical) were collected randomly from community and hospital
pharmacies (Fujairah, Dibba, Sharjah and Abu-Dhabi) in the United Arab
Emirates.</span><span> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Data collection was carried out within
a 3</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">month time period. SPSS (version</span><span> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">16) was used for data entry and analysis in which each prescription was
evaluated using certain parameters.</span><span> </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span><i><span> </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">One thousand prescriptions were collected, of which 10.6% were OTC and
89.4% were ethical, which were included in the analysis. Analysis was carried
out to obtain percentages, frequencies and general cross tabs.</span><span> </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conclusion</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:</span><i><span> </span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Our study showed that most patients
received no oral or written information about how to use the medication, how to
manage adverse effects, what precautions to take,
%K Prescription
%K Screening
%K Errors
%K Medications
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=42084