Table 6 Main challenges to perform drug dispensing (n = 625)
Challenges to perform drug dispensing | Pharmacists (%) |
|---|---|
Large number of patients using the community pharmacy | 494 (79.04%) |
View of the pharmacy as a commercial establishment | 312 (49.92%) |
Provision of more than one medicine during dispensing | 205 (32.80%) |
Absence of a semi-private place to carry out the drug dispensing | 276 (44.16%) |
Limitation of knowledge and clinical skills for perform drug dispensing | 88 (14.08%) |
Refusal of counseling by the patient | 229 (36.64%) |
No request for counseling by the patient | 283 (45.28%) |
Refusal of counsel by the patient because he had already been counseled by the physician | 314 (50.24%) |