Brazilian Hospital Pharmacy: perception of the clinical attributions of pharmacists in view of the Basel Declaration of the FIP

This descriptive study analyzed the perceptions of Brazilian hospital pharmacists towards their clinical attributions related to "interventions in the prescription" and "monitoring the use of medication" in view of the current Basel Declaration of the International Federation of Pharmacists (Federacao Internacional de Farmaceuticos - FIP). Brazilian hospitals of high and medium complexity were identified and a pre-tested questionnaire based on the 65 recommendations of the Basel Statments was sent via e-mail, directed to the pharmacists of the 2,054 hospitals. The results were categorized into: a) they meet the statement, b) they do not meet, or c) they did not respond. Pharmacists from 111 hospitals returned the survey. For the recommendations of the theme "influences on prescribing", the highest percentage of compliance was related to the effective performance of pharmacists in the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (PTC), which occurred in 54.1% of the hospitals. While for the "monitoring the use of medication" was refered to the existence of an easily accessible system for notifying technical complaints, in 47.7 % of the hospitals. The results emphasize that these activities need to be reviewed and aligned, to offer better quality and more safety to the patient in relation to the use of medication.