[Denialism as policy: the debate on chloroquine in a congressional inquiry in Brazil].

The objective of this study was to analyze the positions and developments in the Brazilian Congress in an inquiry from March to August 2020 on policy for COVID-19 treatment using chloroquine. The analysis aimed to identify the factors situating this policy in the context of government action during the pandemic. The ethnographic artifacts used for the analysis included the videoconferences of the committee meetings and public hearings and the stenographic notes publicly available on the Chamber of Deputies website.

Conceptions on pharmaceutical services in Brazilian primary health care.

Objective: To identify and discuss the conceptions of pharmaceutical services in Brazilian Primary Health Care, according to different subjects.

Methods: This study is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos - Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM - National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines - Services, 2015), which is composed of an information survey in a representative sample of cities, stratified according to Brazilian regions, and a subsample of primary health care services. Municipal secretaries of health, those responsible for pharmaceutical services, and those responsible for medicine delivery in pharmacies/dispensing units of the selected services were interviewed.

Impact Assessment of Pharmaceutical Care in the Management of Hypertension and Coronary Risk Factors after Discharge.

Introduction: Almost 50% of the 17.5 million deaths worldwide from cardiovascular disease have been associated with systemic arterial hypertension (SAH). Into this scenario, Pharmaceutical Care (PC) has been inserted in order to improve the management of SAH and reduce its risks.

Assessment of informatization for the dispensing of medications at a university hospital.

Introduction: Informatics and automation are important tools for the reduction of work, errors and costs in a hospital pharmacy.

Objectives: To describe the structuring and function of an informatized system for the dispensing of medications and to assess its effect on nursing and pharmacy services during the period from 1997 to 2003.

Materials And Methods: In this descriptive and retrospective study, we performed an analysis of documents addressing the structuring and implementation of the informatized medication dispensing system.

Evaluation of the performance of pharmacists in terms of providing health assistance at a university hospital.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the practices of pharmacists in Hospital Care. Method - we interviewed 20 pharmacists from the Pharmacy Division by applying a structured instrument, in September 2005. This instrument addressed aspects related to the main activities at the Hospital Pharmacy, which were assessed according to indicators organized into five areas: sector management, hospital pharmacotechniques, committee activities, information and pharmacotherapeutic follow-up, as well as teaching and research activities.