Medicine authentication technology as a counterfeit medicine-detection tool: a Delphi method study to establish expert opinion on manual medicine authentication technology in secondary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to establish expert opinion and potential improvements for the Falsified Medicines Directive mandated medicines authentication technology.

Design and intervention

A two-round Delphi method study using an online questionnaire.

Setting

Large National Health Service (NHS) foundation trust teaching hospital.

Participants

Secondary care pharmacists and accredited checking technicians.

Primary outcome measures

Seven-point rating scale answers which reached a consensus of 70-80% with a standard deviation (SD) of <1.0. Likert scale questions which reached a consensus of 70-80%, a SD of <1.0 and classified as important according to study criteria.

Results

Consensus expert opinion has described database cross-checking technology a

SUBMITTER: Naughton B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5777456 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature