• Hamid Benziane, Rachid El Jaoudi, Jamal Lamsaouri, Samir Siah, and Jamal Taoufik.
• Service de pharmacie hospitalière, Hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc.
• Therapie. 2007 May 1; 62 (3): 249-58.

UnlabelledThe objective of our survey is to value the availability of the antidotes in the main Moroccan hospitals.Material And MethodA questionnaire constituted of 15 items and permitting to appreciate the availability of 43 antidotes selected in the literature, has been addressed to 9 hospitals of which 3 soldiers.ResultsFive per cent of the antidotes were available in all hospitals having answered to our questionnaire. Forty two per cent of the antidotes missed to all structures, the rest (47%) had a variable availability according to the structures. The list of the missing antidotes is long and contains classified vital products of group A of the recommendations of the IPCS (International Program on Chemical Safety) like the specific antibodies of the digoxine and the methylene blue.ConclusionThe found results are troubling and often unveil sometimes a big problem of management of these products vital and constituent the unique treatment.

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