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Creation and Implementation of a New Sentinel Surveillance Model in Pharmacy Offices in Southern Europe

Traditionally, health sentinel networks have focused on the reporting of data by primary care physicians and hospitals, ignoring the role of the community pharmacist as an expert in drugs. The objective of this study was to describe a method for creating a network of sentinel pharmacies in a region...

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Autores principales: Jambrina, Anna M., Rams, Neus, Rius, Pilar, Perelló, Maria, Gironès, Montserrat, Pareja, Clara, Pérez-Cano, Francisco José, Franch, Àngels, Rabanal, Manel
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9324754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35886453
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148600
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author Jambrina, Anna M.
Rams, Neus
Rius, Pilar
Perelló, Maria
Gironès, Montserrat
Pareja, Clara
Pérez-Cano, Francisco José
Franch, Àngels
Rabanal, Manel
author_facet Jambrina, Anna M.
Rams, Neus
Rius, Pilar
Perelló, Maria
Gironès, Montserrat
Pareja, Clara
Pérez-Cano, Francisco José
Franch, Àngels
Rabanal, Manel
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description Traditionally, health sentinel networks have focused on the reporting of data by primary care physicians and hospitals, ignoring the role of the community pharmacist as an expert in drugs. The objective of this study was to describe a method for creating a network of sentinel pharmacies in a region of Southern Europe in order to have a pharmaceutical surveillance system that is representative of the territory to be monitored and that can respond to any events or incidents that can be followed up by the community pharmacy. The creation process was carried out in three phases: a first phase of selection through a cluster and population analysis and a final adjustment, a second phase of voluntariness and random selection, and a third phase of training and implementation of the network. A sentinel network of 75 community pharmacies has been established in Catalonia. The network monitors 2.47% of the total population with a homogeneous proportion of urban (42), rural (30), and mountain-area (3) pharmacies based on the particular characteristics of the territory. This model allows increased surveillance in the territory, objectively and representatively detects problems arising from the use of medicines, and establishes improvement strategies of public health.
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spelling pubmed-93247542022-07-27 Creation and Implementation of a New Sentinel Surveillance Model in Pharmacy Offices in Southern Europe Jambrina, Anna M. Rams, Neus Rius, Pilar Perelló, Maria Gironès, Montserrat Pareja, Clara Pérez-Cano, Francisco José Franch, Àngels Rabanal, Manel Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Traditionally, health sentinel networks have focused on the reporting of data by primary care physicians and hospitals, ignoring the role of the community pharmacist as an expert in drugs. The objective of this study was to describe a method for creating a network of sentinel pharmacies in a region of Southern Europe in order to have a pharmaceutical surveillance system that is representative of the territory to be monitored and that can respond to any events or incidents that can be followed up by the community pharmacy. The creation process was carried out in three phases: a first phase of selection through a cluster and population analysis and a final adjustment, a second phase of voluntariness and random selection, and a third phase of training and implementation of the network. A sentinel network of 75 community pharmacies has been established in Catalonia. The network monitors 2.47% of the total population with a homogeneous proportion of urban (42), rural (30), and mountain-area (3) pharmacies based on the particular characteristics of the territory. This model allows increased surveillance in the territory, objectively and representatively detects problems arising from the use of medicines, and establishes improvement strategies of public health. MDPI 2022-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9324754/ /pubmed/35886453 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148600 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Franch, Àngels
Rabanal, Manel
Creation and Implementation of a New Sentinel Surveillance Model in Pharmacy Offices in Southern Europe
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9324754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35886453
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148600
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