KHẢO SÁT THỰC TRẠNG BÁN LẺ THUỐC DỰA TRÊN TÌNH HUỐNG MUA THUỐC KÊ ĐƠN TẠI CÁC NHÀ THUỐC TƯ NHÂN TRÊN ĐỊA BÀN HUYỆN CỦ CHI, THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH

Abstract

Background:The study was carried out to get an overview on the current situation of drug retailing at private pharmacies in CuChi district, thereby proposing solutions to improving quality of drug supply. Method: A cross – sectional descriptive study by directing observation of community pharmacists, working at 279 private pharmacies in CuChi district from Nov-2020 to Jun-2021 and collecting data including their characteristics and transaction results based on playing the role of customer, requiring a prescription eye-drop drug (Tobradex) scenario. Results: The sample of 317 community pharmacists has gender difference between male: female with the ratio of 1:3.3; average age of 33.58 ± 6.80 years old; 60.9% pharmacists with intermediate level; 69.4% pharmacists having not attended any training course of drug retailing skills and 30.3% having not attended training course of updating GPP. Regarding to transaction results, 47.0% pharmacists did not require medical prescription; 97.3% of them agreed to provide  drug, in which 57.7% replaced Tobradex by another prescription drug, 28.9% sold Tobradex as required and 10.7% sold Tobradex with another drug. Conclusion: This study has shown that community pharmacists and pharmacies did not strictly follow GPP principle. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the knowledge and skills of community pharmacists and promote the implementation of GPP principles in community pharmacies.