• J Emerg Med · Feb 2020

    Availability of Antidotes in Kuwait: A National Audit.

    • Dalal Al-Taweel, Asmaa Al-Haqan, Bedoor Qabazard, Dana Abuzainah, Samuel Koshy, Fatema Alqenae, Seham Ali, and Eman Abahussain.
    • Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.
    • J Emerg Med. 2020 Feb 1; 58 (2): 305-312.

    BackgroundEffective management of poisoning requires adequate stocking of antidotes in hospitals that provide emergency care. Antidote stocking represents a major challenge to hospitals all over the world, including Kuwait.ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate antidote stocking in public and private hospitals that provide emergency care in Kuwait.MethodsA cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire was conducted from January to December 2018. The questionnaire was designed to assess immediate and non-immediate availability of 41 antidotes in 6 public and 13 private hospitals in Kuwait that provided emergency care. The questionnaire was provided to the pharmacy departments of these hospitals, which were asked to report the availability of antidotes and the reasons for non-availability. Descriptive statistics were used to report demographical data and independent t-test analysis was used to analyze continuous variables.ResultsAll of the six public hospitals in Kuwait and eight private hospitals returned the completed questionnaires. Among the 14 hospitals surveyed, none had a complete stock of all essential antidotes. The mean (standard deviation [SD]) availability of immediate antidotes in public hospitals was 79.6% (32.6%) compared to 52.1% (44.4%) in private hospitals. Moreover, the mean (SD) availability of non-immediate antidotes was 64.5% (37.7%) in public hospitals compared to 14.7% (22.8%) in private hospitals.ConclusionsPublic and private hospitals in Kuwait have suboptimal stocks of essential antidotes. There is an urgent need to develop expert consensus guidelines to assist hospitals to reduce costs and improve patient care by adequately stocking essential antidotes.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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