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Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutic Research
Volume 1 Issue 1
Clinical Pharmacy 2017
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December 07-09, 2017 | Rome, Italy
7
th
World Congress on
Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
A clinical audit of sterile medical devices:
A French experience of quality and safety
improvement in hospital services
Valeria Vinciguerra
Humanitas Hospital Gradenigo, Italy
Objectives:
The objective of this study was to audit
the quality and safe management of sterile medical
devices (SMDs), to examine the pharmacist’s role in
a multidisciplinary team, and to provide an example of
hospital staff assessment of SMDs.
Methods:
SMD management was assessed using the
National Agency for Support to the Performance of Health
and Medical-Social Establishment tool in the Hospital
Centre of Cannes, France, in August 2013. Safety policy
in the healthcare establishment, and the SMD cycle in
the hospital pharmacy, SMD cycle and care practices in
the visceral–vascular– urological surgery care unit were
evaluated by four health professionals and three hospital
pharmacists. A total of 1850 references to SMDs for the
hospital pharmacy and 1110 references to SMDs for the
care unit were analyzed. The percentage of risk control
was defined as: 0–33% ‘low’, 34–66% ‘medium’, 67–100%
‘high’.
Results:
Risk control was ‘high’ (67%) for the safety policy
in the health establishment, ‘high’ (68%) and ‘medium’
(64%) for the SMD cycle in the hospital pharmacy and
the care unit, respectively, and ‘high’ (88%) for the care
practices. Good scores were obtained in both services.
Conclusions:
Safety and quality standards were
investigated, and satisfied. Training of health professionals
and information about, and the presence of detailed
procedures for safety policy and care practices showed
good results. The main weak points were a deficit in IT
support and a lack of procedures in the SMD cycle. The
hospital pharmacist was shown to be a key figure in the
multidisciplinary team.
Biography
Valeria Vinciguerra has graduated with a Pharmacy degree and a Specialization
School of Hospital Pharmacy at the Turin University, in Italy. She is continuing
her education attending a Master in Bioethics at the Theological Faculty of
Turin. During her university and professional training, she had experiences in
Hospital and most of all in Local Health Unit context. She had also some work
experience in France (Paris, and Cannes), and participated at different projects
with the first objective of improving the practice of the Hospital Pharmacy.
vinciguerra.valeria@gmail.comValeria Vinciguerra, J Pharmacol Ther Res 2017