SIFACT

Oct 12, 2018

SIFACT
Italian Society of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapy


released: 1 December 2024
last updated: 1 December 2024

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How this list was created

The five SIFACT recommendations were discussed and identified by an ad hoc working group established within the Scientific Committee. Each recommendation was identified, assessed, and discussed both from a scientific perspective—following a rigorous literature review—and from the standpoint of application in clinical practice, also through ongoing dialogue with specialist clinicians and reference pharmacologists, analyzing both facilitating factors and barriers to implementation. The resulting document was presented to and shared with the Society’s Scientific Committee and Executive Committee, which ratified the publication of the recommendations. These recommendations will replace those approved in 2015, also with the aim of providing clinical pharmacists with useful tools and references to improve appropriateness interventions in healthcare practice, for the benefit of patients and the sustainability of healthcare expenditure.

About this society:

SIFACT (Società Italiana di Farmacia Clinica e Terapia. Italian Society of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics) was founded in 2012 and since then is active at national level as a reference institution for the pharmacists of the NHS who work in the area of clinical pharmacy. The pharmacists of the NHS are professionals who have graduated in pharmacy and have completed a 4-year specialization course of Hospital Pharmacy. In the framework of clinical pharmacy, the perspective of clinical pharmacists is not represented by medicines, but by patients. Hence, the priorities of clinical pharmacists are not oriented towards the handling of medicines, but are specifically focused on the therapy of patients. Typically, this type of work is carried out in a multidisciplinary team that includes physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, and all other professionals working in the hospital. The aim of SIFACT is to pursue the optimisation of health care and to promote the constitutional right of citizens to public healthcare. Since its foundation, SIFACT recognises the principles of honesty, transparency, independence, passion, and courage.
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