[Clinical medication review in French community pharmacy: Interest of a new pharmaceutical service for detection of drug related problems].

Objective: Using clinical medication reviews, analyze the most pharmaceuticals intervention generating treatments and the problems associated.

Methods: Analysis of activity reports made by 6th year pharmaceutical students from the University of Bordeaux, class of 2017-2018.

Results: 76 % of clinical medication review have detected at least one drug related problem in the population of this study.

Antibiotic misuse: How to evaluate the costs?

Objective: Few studies have assessed the costs associated with the misuse of antibiotics in hospitals in France, despite the value of health economic data to inform antibiotic stewardship activities. We aimed to identify the methodological tools used to assess the cost of antibiotic misuse in hospitals.

Methods: We performed a literature review using the major electronic medical databases.

Cost comparison of reusable and disposable air/water syringe tips in a large French teaching hospital.

Air/water syringe (AWS) tips can be used in any type of dental care. They may be disposable (plastic) or reusable (stainless steel or plastic). We assessed the costs of using both sorts of tips in a French teaching hospital.

[Exception drugs status: specific characteristics and the role in the proper use of drugs].

Background: In 1994, the French health care system established a special status for certain costly drugs reimbursed for ambulatory use: exception drugs. Drugs with this status are reimbursed only when prescribed for specified indications. The purpose of this study was to identify the specific characteristics of drugs with the exception status, and to understand the role of this status in proper use of drugs.