This thesis deals with the role of nurses in the administration of drugs in the intensive care unit. The goal is to find consistency between the legal and factual state of drug administration, ie analyze, what are the non-medical healthcare professionals authorized in accordance with applicable legislation and internal regulations of the medical device to do and what they are actually able to perform safely. The theoretical part defines the terms related to the administration of medicines. I deal with the skills of paramedical staff, indications of medicines, their administration, pharmacotherapy, mistakes and evaluation of the quality and safety of health services. The theoretical part deals with the current status of this issue and also provides insight into the history of drug administration. In the empirical part of the thesis I work with the results that I received questionnaires. Respondents are nurses, paramedics, nurses of leading nursing management and physicians. Individual items are analyzed and used to answer defined research questions. The research implies that the nurse of nursing management are able to organize an intensive care unit activities and maintain procedures, to ensure quality and safe administration of medicines. General nurses and paramedics are able to meet the doctor's...

<p>Malaria is a health, social and economic burden in Nigeria and consistently ranks amongst the four most common causes of childhood deaths. Treatment of malaria is usually started at home / care is only sought from the health facility when the treatment is ineffective (McCombie, 1996). Patent medicine vendors (PMVs) have been identified as a widely patronized source for drugs used in the home treatment of malaria (Breiger et al, 2001 / Goodman, et al, 2007 / Salako et al, 2001). Inadequate or poor knowledge and practices in the use of anti-malaria drugs (AMDs) increases morbidity and mortality, undermines therapeutic efficacy, and promotes the emergence and spread of drugresistant malaria. Aim: The aim of the study was to describe and quantify the knowledge and self-reported practices of PMVs in the use of antimalarials, particularly artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), in a poor urban community in Lagos state, Nigeria.</p>

<p>Malaria is a health, social and economic burden in Nigeria and consistently ranks amongst the four most common causes of childhood deaths. Treatment of malaria is usually started at home / care is only sought from the health facility when the treatment is ineffective (McCombie, 1996). Patent medicine vendors (PMVs) have been identified as a widely patronized source for drugs used in the home treatment of malaria (Breiger et al, 2001 / Goodman, et al, 2007 / Salako et al, 2001). Inadequate or poor knowledge and practices in the use of anti-malaria drugs (AMDs) increases morbidity and mortality, undermines therapeutic efficacy, and promotes the emergence and spread of drugresistant malaria. Aim: The aim of the study was to describe and quantify the knowledge and self-reported practices of PMVs in the use of antimalarials, particularly artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), in a poor urban community in Lagos state, Nigeria.</p>

Magister Public Health - MPH / Malaria is a health, social and economic burden in Nigeria and consistently ranks amongst the four most common causes of childhood deaths. Treatment of malaria is usually started at home; care is only sought from the health facility when the treatment is ineffective (McCombie, 1996). Patent medicine vendors (PMVs) have been identified as a widely patronized source for drugs used in the home treatment of malaria (Breiger et al, 2001; Goodman, et al, 2007; Salako et al, 2001). Inadequate or poor knowledge and practices in the use of anti-malaria drugs (AMDs) increases morbidity and mortality, undermines therapeutic efficacy, and promotes the emergence and spread of drugresistant malaria. Aim: The aim of the study was to describe and quantify the knowledge and self-reported practices of PMVs in the use of antimalarials, particularly artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), in a poor urban community in Lagos state, Nigeria. / South Africa

INTRODUÇÃO:Os medicamentos pertencentes à RENAME têm sua eficácia comprovada são embasados sob critérios técnicos e científicos, e quando prescritos assumem profunda relevância dentro do contexto da saúde pública brasileira, por facilitarem o acesso aos medicamentos.OBJETIVO: Avaliar a associação entre acesso a medicamentos e prescrição segundo a Relação Nacional de Medicamentos Essenciais (RENAME). METODOLOGIA: Foram analisadas cópias de receitas médicas obtidas da pesquisa intitulada Experiência de Acesso da População de Baixa Renda a Medicamentos e Genéricos, Município de São Paulo 2005; para as análises estatísticas, foram utilizados os programas Epi-Info 2000 e OpenEpi. RESULTADOS: A média de medicamentos com receita foi de 2,5 / desvio padrão: 1,5479; o percentual de nenhum acesso e acesso parcial ás prescrições, juntos, foi de 54por cento ; nas Unidades Básicas de Saúde foram realizadas mais da metade das prescrições analisadas; a forma farmacêutica predominante foi comprimidos; cerca de 75por cento dos medicamentos estava presente nas listas de medicamentos essenciais, nacional ou municipal; dos medicamentos prescritos, 78por cento foram obtidos e 41por cento , dos que não estavam prescritos, também foram obtidos. CONCLUSÃO: Do total de medicamentos analisados, 65por cento estavam prescritos segundo a RENAME, e desses, 78por cento , foram obtidos; as Unidades Básicas de Saúde foram responsáveis por fornecer mais da metade das receitas; a quantidade de medicamentos prescritos mostrou-se negativamente correlacionada ao percentual de acesso aos mesmos; as prescrições quando seguem a RENAME têm a chance de acesso entre 4 a 6 vezes maior de se obter os medicamentos / INTRODUCTION: The medicaments belonging to RENAME have their eficiency verified, under technical and cientific criteria and when they are prescribed they become a matter of great concern regarding the Brazilian Publich Health because they facilitate the access to medicaments. OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the association between access to medicaments and prescription according the National List of Essential Medicaments (RENAME). METHODOLOGY : Copies of the medical prescriptions obtained from the research called Experience in Access to medicament and Generic of Low income population, Sao Paulo Municipal Discrict, 2005,and also the Programs Epi-Info 2000 and OpenEpi because of the statistic analysis. RESULTS: The average of medicament with prescription was 2,5 / Standard Deviation: 1.5479, the percentage of no access and partial access together was 54per cent. More than a half of the analysed prescriptions were done at the Health Fundamental Units. Also, among the pharmaceutical kinds, tablets and pills were the dominant ones and around 75per cent of the medicaments were present in the lists of essential medicaments in the country and districs. Among the prescribed medicaments, 78per cent were obtained while 41per cent of the non-prescribed ones were also obtained. CONCLUSION: From a total of the analysed medicaments, 65per cent of them were prescribed observing RENAME, and 78per cent of them were obtained. The Health Fundamental Units were responsible for providing more than a half of the prescriptions. The amount of medicaments involved were negatively correlated to the number of medicaments. The prescriptions that observe RENAME have 4 to 6 times more chances to be successful when it comes to obtaining medicines

INTRODUÇÃO:Os medicamentos pertencentes à RENAME têm sua eficácia comprovada são embasados sob critérios técnicos e científicos, e quando prescritos assumem profunda relevância dentro do contexto da saúde pública brasileira, por facilitarem o acesso aos medicamentos.OBJETIVO: Avaliar a associação entre acesso a medicamentos e prescrição segundo a Relação Nacional de Medicamentos Essenciais (RENAME). METODOLOGIA: Foram analisadas cópias de receitas médicas obtidas da pesquisa intitulada Experiência de Acesso da População de Baixa Renda a Medicamentos e Genéricos, Município de São Paulo 2005; para as análises estatísticas, foram utilizados os programas Epi-Info 2000 e OpenEpi. RESULTADOS: A média de medicamentos com receita foi de 2,5 / desvio padrão: 1,5479; o percentual de nenhum acesso e acesso parcial ás prescrições, juntos, foi de 54por cento ; nas Unidades Básicas de Saúde foram realizadas mais da metade das prescrições analisadas; a forma farmacêutica predominante foi comprimidos; cerca de 75por cento dos medicamentos estava presente nas listas de medicamentos essenciais, nacional ou municipal; dos medicamentos prescritos, 78por cento foram obtidos e 41por cento , dos que não estavam prescritos, também foram obtidos. CONCLUSÃO: Do total de medicamentos analisados, 65por cento estavam prescritos segundo a RENAME, e desses, 78por cento , foram obtidos; as Unidades Básicas de Saúde foram responsáveis por fornecer mais da metade das receitas; a quantidade de medicamentos prescritos mostrou-se negativamente correlacionada ao percentual de acesso aos mesmos; as prescrições quando seguem a RENAME têm a chance de acesso entre 4 a 6 vezes maior de se obter os medicamentos / INTRODUCTION: The medicaments belonging to RENAME have their eficiency verified, under technical and cientific criteria and when they are prescribed they become a matter of great concern regarding the Brazilian Publich Health because they facilitate the access to medicaments. OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the association between access to medicaments and prescription according the National List of Essential Medicaments (RENAME). METHODOLOGY : Copies of the medical prescriptions obtained from the research called Experience in Access to medicament and Generic of Low income population, Sao Paulo Municipal Discrict, 2005,and also the Programs Epi-Info 2000 and OpenEpi because of the statistic analysis. RESULTS: The average of medicament with prescription was 2,5 / Standard Deviation: 1.5479, the percentage of no access and partial access together was 54per cent. More than a half of the analysed prescriptions were done at the Health Fundamental Units. Also, among the pharmaceutical kinds, tablets and pills were the dominant ones and around 75per cent of the medicaments were present in the lists of essential medicaments in the country and districs. Among the prescribed medicaments, 78per cent were obtained while 41per cent of the non-prescribed ones were also obtained. CONCLUSION: From a total of the analysed medicaments, 65per cent of them were prescribed observing RENAME, and 78per cent of them were obtained. The Health Fundamental Units were responsible for providing more than a half of the prescriptions. The amount of medicaments involved were negatively correlated to the number of medicaments. The prescriptions that observe RENAME have 4 to 6 times more chances to be successful when it comes to obtaining medicines