BACKGROUND: Good pharmacy practice is the process of supplying the accurate drug to the right @entity1 for an adequate period of time with the lowest cost to the @entity1 and the community. Pharmacist have a crucial role in promoting good pharmacy practice. OBJECTIVE: To assess the dispensing practice of the community pharmacists in the Turkish @entity1392 (TRNC) regarding RDU and to evaluate the quality of dispensing. Setting Community pharmacies in TRNC. Method The study consists of two parts: a face to face interview and a simulated @entity1 visit to these pharmacies. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURE: Rationality indicators (average dispensing time, stock availability and adequate labelling), presence of the pharmacist on the premises, dispenser characteristics, prescription checking, and the provided @entity1 information. RESULTS: The majority of the prescriptions (73.3%) were dispensed by the pharmacists. None of the pharmacy employees had pharmacy based training. Eighty nine percent of the pharmacists believed that their employees could very well dispense drugs on their own. The declared average dispensing time for a prescription of a single drug was 233 s while the measured one was 149 s. Few dispensers in reality warned the @entity1 about potential interactions. The difference between the average dispensing scores of the pharmacists and the non-pharmacist dispensers was not significant. CONCLUSIONS: The dispensing practice in the community pharmacies in the Turkish part of Cyprus seems inadequate in terms of GPP.

Dispensing practice in the community pharmacies in the Turkish XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patient'] @entity1392 :: ('MESH:C537952', 'Disease') :: ['Republic of Northern Cyprus']
@entity1392 :: (MESH:C537952,Disease) :: ['Republic of Northern Cyprus']
