According to statistics issued by the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, this year witnessed the withdrawal and suspension of registration of medical operations of 69 products and pharmaceuticals, the loss of 52 prescription drugs (stimulants, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances), in addition to the loss of seven doctors in hospitals and health centers their medical seals. The department demanded caution and be sure of any prescription carrying the data listed for withdrawals and lost items, while lifting the temporary suspension of nine medical products.
In detail, the Department issued circulars to the health facilities, health professionals and pharmacies in the Emirate, with the names and numbers of the operations to be withdrawn and to stop disbursing them to patients. She called on all pharmacy managers to stop distributing generalized operations, return them to the supplier, and stop distributing them. It also asked health care practitioners to report any side effects from the use of the products mentioned in the circulars through the Medicinal Vigilance Program.
Withdrawal products included antibiotics, an allergy medication, pressure therapy, constipation, a cancer patient, an anti-palpitating medication, a variety of solutions, an expectorant, a cosmetic powder, a dietary supplement, and a counterfeit prescription for vascular restoration.
The Department also lifted the ban on nine medical products, after analyzes issued by the laboratory of quality control and research for medical products of the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, passed the necessary tests, which proved their quality and safety.
She explained in official circulars that the reasons for the withdrawal and suspension of pharmaceutical operations, due to the laboratory analysis showed the presence of foreign particles in some of them, and a defect in manufacturing, and the lack of conformity of some operations to the approved specifications, and the proportion of the preservative in the product with the limits allowed, in addition to that one Pulled products do not prolong the lives of patients with soft tissue cancers.
The Department pointed out that the prevention of the circulation of pharmaceutical products was based on the results of laboratory analysis of products, analyzes issued by the Laboratory for Quality Control and Research of Medical Products of the Ministry, reports and recommendations of the European Drug Agency, from the Agency for Medicines and Health Care Products, and voluntary withdrawal decisions from manufacturers following the discovery Errors in operations and circulars issued by the countries of origin.
The Department also sent circulars to all pharmacies, health facilities, health insurance and health professionals, with the serial numbers of the missing prescribed prescriptions, in addition to the names of the missing doctors, their seals and data and the name of the facility mentioned in the seal, to check the prescriptions that were spent, and to report immediately in the event of any Refrain from distributing these prescriptions in case they are submitted to them and report them, and communicate with any doctor who lost their seals to ensure the safety of prescriptions attributed to them.
Electronic dispensing of narcotic drugs
The Department of Health in Abu Dhabi has activated the new electronic system for prescribing narcotic drugs and monitoring at the national level since last July to govern the process of prescribing and dispensing narcotic drugs and monitoring at the national level, reducing the misuse of prescriptions for this type of drugs, and eliminating 100% of the loss of prescription drugs and monitoring. .
She stressed that the new electronic system is unified at the state level, linked to the identification number for citizens and residents, and the passport number for visitors, through which it can know the information associated with the description and dispensing of narcotic drugs and monitoring the patient, in terms of the physician, the quantities, and the pharmacy from which the medicines were dispensed.
In the event of misuse of the prescription, inspectors would be instructed, thereby closing the outlets that could lead to the misuse of narcotic drugs and surveillance.
«Health Abu Dhabi»: The decision to ban the circulation of pharmaceutical products is based on the results of analysis of national and international laboratories.
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Doctors in hospitals and health centers in Abu Dhabi have lost their medical seals.