Unidad de Radiofarmacia Hospitalaria: creación y desarrollo

MARCOS MORENO, M L; TORRALBA ARRANZ, A

Farmacia Hospitalaria

ISSN: 1130-6343

Farmacia Hospitalaria (Farm Hosp) is the official publication of the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacists (SEFH), a professional and scientific organization that currently has about 4.351 members.

The Mission of Farm Hosp is to be the support for health professionals for expanding the influence of projects, publications, and training programs, and to promote the exchange of experiences.

Vision Farm Hosp is:
- to increase the state of knowledge about the hospital pharmacy and whose actions should increase the adequate and safe use of medicines and health products.
- to be an instrument of exchange and dissemination of scientific knowledge of pharmacy practice through the best use and safe medication and health outcomes.

It is a peer-reviewed double-blind scientific journal aimed at publishing in the broad field of Hospital Pharmacy advances in Pharmacy Services. This journal included the following topics: Drug evaluation. Quality of life. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), and Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) in the use of drugs. Monitoring medication. Pharmaceutical compounding. Medication administration. Management of Pharmacy Services (logistics, quality control). Technologies and information systems in the process of using medication. Medical devices. Patient Education. Pharmacist´s role in the society and /or in the Health System in Spain, and other topics related to clinical, scientific, and institutional role of hospital pharmacists.

Farmacia Hospitalaria publishes bimonthly (6 issues yearly) originals, short originals, reviews, clinical cases, special articles, protocols, consensus documents, clinical guidelines, letters to the editor, editorials.

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Para la creación de la Unidad de Radiofarmacia Hospitalaria en el Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro y para la adaptación al Real Decreto 479/1993 sobre regulación de radiofármacos de uso humano, o se presentan y discuten los pasos que deben realizarse para su puesta en funcionamiento. Se realiza una revisión general de las características diferenciales de los radiofármacos. Se presentan la distribución adecuada de los espacios y las normas de actuación en la Unidad, dejando expresa constancia de las responsabilidades del encargado de la cámara caliente. Se especifica que el facultativo responsable de la Unidad debe elaborar los protocolos de realización y de control de calidad de cada una de las pruebas. Se asigna a los Jefes de Servicio de Medicina Nuclear y de Farmacia, en las Comisiones de Farmacia y Terapéutica y en la de Calidad en Medicina Nuclear, la responsabilidad de coordinar el funcionamiento de la Unidad.

Palabras clave:

Radiofarmacia

Radiofármacos

Unidad de Radiofarmacia

Radiofarmacia Hospitalaria

Medicina Nuclear

Regarding the creation of an In-Hospital Radio-Pharmacy Unit within Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, as well as the compliance with Real Decreto 479/1993 on the regulation of radiodrugs for human use, the steps to be taken to bring it into service are laid out and discussed. An overall review of the differential characteristics of radiodrugs is undertaken. The adequate distribution of spaces and the Unit¿s functioning regulations are presented, and the responsibilities of the person in charge of the ionisaton chamber are clearly placed on record. The professional responsible for the Unit should define performance and quality control protocols for each test. The responsibility, for coordinating the Unit¿s operation is assigned to the Heads of the Nuclear Medicine and Pharmacy Departments, within the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and the Nuclear Medicine Quality Committee.

Keywords:

Radio-Pharmacy

Radio-drugs

Radio-Pharmacy Unit

In-Hospital Radio-Pharmacy

Nuclear Medicine

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