우리나라 지역약국 약료서비스의 전문성 현황

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate how well the professional practice of community pharmacy-basedpharmaceutical care was being performed in Korea. Current status and problems of the professional practice were investigatedusing survey questionnaire with ten questions regarding pharmaceutical care service such as DUR, written medicationguide, patient consult, and therapeutic monitoring. Three hundred thirty one community pharmacies responded tothe survey questionnaire. Of the respondent pharmacies, medium scale pharmacy (30-99 prescriptions daily) accounted for66.47% followed by large scale (100-199 prescriptions daily), small scale (less than 30 prescriptions daily), and extra-largescale (greater 200 prescriptions daily). Prospective DUR was practiced in less than half of the community pharmacies(45.62%), and written medication guide was provided in only one-third of those (33.84%). Pharmacists' average patient consulttime was 3-5 minutes in most community pharmacies. Furthermore, 25% of the respondents answered that the timewas less than two minutes. Based on this survey results, professional practice of the community pharmacies in Koreaappears to be suboptimal in terms of GPP standards jointly announced by FIP and WHO. Therefore, it seems necessaryto enforce the GPP accreditation at Korean Pharmaceutical Association level.