Annales pharmaceutiques françaises
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Assessing the impact of the presence of pharmacists in a clinical department of a Lebanese hospital.
Clinical pharmacy services are still in their very early implementation stages in Lebanon. The objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the impact of clinical pharmacist's presence at the infectious diseases department of Hôtel-Dieu de France University Hospital of Beirut (HDF) and to evaluate the acceptance of pharmacist's interventions by healthcare providers. ⋯ Even a short daily pharmacist's presence is an added value in inpatient care at the infectious diseases department of Hôtel-Dieu de France University Hospital. Areas of improvement are a better communication between the pharmacist and the prescribers, a direct contact between pharmacist and patient and a longer presence of the clinical pharmacist in the clinical department.