Effectiveness of Clinical Pharmacists-Led Medication Reconciliation to Prevent Medication Discrepancies in Hospitalized Patients: A Non-Randomized Controlled Trial.

Aim: Medication discrepancies are a major safety concern for hospitalized patients and healthcare professionals. Medication Reconciliation (MR) is a widely used tool in different practice settings to ensure the proper use of medications.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the clinical pharmacists-led MR process in identifying, preventing, and resolving medication discrepancies among hospitalized patients.

Evaluation of errors in preparation and administration of intravenous medications in critically ill patients.

Background: Intravenous medications have greater complexity and require multiple steps in their preparation and administration, which is considered a high risk for patients.

Objective: To determine the incidence of intravenous medications preparation and administration errors in critically ill patients.

Methods: This was an observational, cross-sectional, prospective study design.

Outcomes of Pharmacist-Led Pharmaceutical Care Interventions Within Community Pharmacies: Narrative Review.

Pharmaceutical care (PhC) services interventions led by pharmacists within community pharmacies (CPs) are essential in achieving optimal medication use outcomes. PhC is a concept related to medication use goals optimization through the reduction and prevention of drug-related problems (DRPs). This review paper summarized the literature on pharmacist-led PhC interventions within CPs.

Pharmaceutical Care Within Community Pharmacies: Tools Availability and Pharmacists' Views, Wad-Medani, Sudan.

Background: Pharmaceutical Care (PhC) services within community pharmacies (CPs) have become a vital issue in many developed countries.

Purpose: This study assessed the availability of PhC tools and pharmacists' views towards PhC services within CPs in Sudan.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2019 to August 2020 using a pretested self-administered questionnaire.

Impact of Clinical Pharmacist-Led Interventions on Drug-Related Problems Among Pediatric Cardiology Patients: First Palestinian Experience.

Background: Discovery and resolution of drug-related problems (DRPs) are taken as the cornerstone in the entire pharmaceutical care process to improve patient outcomes. Very limited reports on the analysis of DRPs in pediatric cardiology have been released worldwide.

Objective: The aim of this study was to disclose the impact of clinical pharmacist's interventions on DRPs among pediatric cardiology patients in Palestine.

Sudanese Medical Doctors' Perceptions, Expectations, Experiences and Perceived Barriers Towards the Roles of Clinical Pharmacists: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: Interprofessional collaboration between physicians and clinical pharmacists has been shown to improve patients' outcome by reduce medical errors, costs and patient adherence. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the medical doctors' perceptions, expectations, experiences, and perceived barriers regarding clinical pharmacists in Wad Medani.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at five major hospitals in Wad Medani, between April and June 2021 using a self-administered questionnaire.

Qualitative healthcare worker survey: Retrospective cross-sectional case study on COVID-19 in the African context.

Background: Despite the presence of COVID-19 epidemiologic data in Africa, there are gaps in the understanding of healthcare workers' concerns and fears early in the pandemic.

Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional multi-country pan-African qualitative survey case study on the perceived effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers in the continent focused specifically on personal safety and misinformation. The survey was distributed to 13 countries via snowball sampling of practitioners between April 22 and May 15, 2020.

Clinical Pharmacist's Intervention to Improve Medication Titration for Heart Failure: First Experience from Sudan.

Background: Medications known to improve outcomes in heart failure (HF) are either not prescribed or prescribed at sub-therapeutic doses. The addition of clinical pharmacists to the HF team positively impacts optimizing prognostic medications for a patient with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

Objective: To assess the intervention of the clinical pharmacist as part of the multidisciplinary (MD) team in up-titration to achieve target doses of key therapeutic agents for HFrEF.

Validation of the Arabic Version of General Medication Adherence Scale (GMAS) in Sudanese Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.

Objective: The aim of this study was to validate the Arabic version of General Medication Adherence Scale (GMAS) in Sudanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: A 3-month cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with T2DM at Al-Daraja Health Center, located in Wad Medani, Sudan. A convenient sample of patients was selected, and the study sample size was calculated using the item response ratio.

COVID-19 in Africa: Survey Analysis of Impact on Health-Care Workers.

As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads across Africa, little is known about the impact of the pandemic on health-care workers (HCWs) in the region. We designed an anonymous survey distributed via e-mail and phone messaging to 13 countries through the African Hepatitis B Network. We obtained 489 analyzable responses.

Risk of Healthcare Worker Burnout in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

COVID-19 is now impacting every country in Africa and healthcare workers (HCWs) across the continent remain susceptible to professional burnout. We designed a 43-question survey addressing multiple aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was anonymous, distributed via email and phone messaging to 13 countries in Africa.

Hepatitis B Awareness and Vaccination Patterns among Healthcare Workers in Africa.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination patterns and the understanding of its risks among healthcare workers (HCWs) is a critical step to decrease transmission. However, the depth of this understanding is understudied. We distributed surveys to HCWs in 12 countries in Africa.

Pharmacy education instruction: Preference and practices, Saudi students' perception.

Aim/background: The methods of instruction in pharmacy education are crucial and meant to suit the professional development and encompass the advanced variety of services and functions provided by the pharmacists to serve individual patients. The aim of this study was to determine the students' opinions on the adopted and preferred methods of instruction in pharmacy colleges in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Methods: Opinions of Saudi pharmacy students regarding the adopted methods of learning were measured using a pretested questionnaire combined with Likert-type scales.

Saudi school students' knowledge, attitude and practice toward medicines.

The current study was aimed to assess Saudi school students' knowledge, attitude and practice about medicines. A pretested self-administered questionnaire was used anonymously among 15-20 year-old adolescents attending tertiary schools in Taif City, KSA. A total of 1022 students completed the questionnaires.

An audit of prophylactic surgical antibiotic use in a Sudanese Teaching Hospital.

Background: Antibiotic prophylaxis is effective at reducing the risk of postoperative infection for nearly all types of surgery. Objective To audit the use of prophylactic antibiotics for elective surgery.

Setting: Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan, a 1,000 bed tertiary level hospital.

Awareness and reporting of adverse drug reactions among health care professionals in Sudan.

Background: Providers are often unaware of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) or may even lack basic knowledge about them. Underreporting has been attributed to time constraints, misconceptions about spontaneous reporting and bureaucratic reporting procedures, lack of information on how to report and a lack of availability of report forms, and physicians' attitudes to ADRs. This study was undertaken to determine baseline data for health care leaders' and policymakers' knowledge, attitudes, and policies related to ADRs at eight hospitals in Wad Madani, Sudan.