Update of 2012 national guidelines for the application of essential drugs

2013-09-04 source: Health Daily, August 29, 2012 edition of the national basic drug clinical application guide and formulary officially published It is reported that the national health and Family Planning Commission has previously issued a notice calling for giving full play to the positive role of the 2012 version of the guidelines and prescription sets in guiding drug procurement, standardizing diagnosis and treatment behavior, and improving the level of rational use of drugs, and emphasizing that the guidelines and prescription sets should be fully covered by grass-roots training by the end of this year According to the national basic drug catalog, the 2012 version of the guide and prescription set are divided into two parts: chemical drugs, biological products and Chinese patent medicines Among them, the chemical and biological products partially covered 254 diseases of 19 categories, and specifically increased the special content applicable to the clinical diagnosis and treatment of the elderly, women and children, and the rational use of drugs; the Chinese patent medicine partially covered 173 diseases (syndromes) of traditional Chinese medicine, corresponding to 177 diseases of Western medicine In particular, the use of appropriate dosage forms and specifications of children's drugs, Chinese medicine injection and joint use of drugs and other precautions were specified to guide the medical staff of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine to use Chinese medicine reasonably National essential drug catalogue, clinical application guide and prescription set are the basic technical documents necessary for the World Health Organization to promote the concept of essential drugs and ensure the fair, accessible, safe, effective and rational use of essential drugs They are also the important carriers for the implementation of essential drug system After the publication of the 2009 edition of the catalogue of national essential drugs (basic level part), relevant departments organized experts to prepare guidelines and prescription sets 4 In recent years, the catalogue, guide and prescription set have played an active role in improving the procurement of essential drugs, carrying out clinical rational drug use training, standardizing the drug use behavior at the grass-roots level, reducing the burden of drug use, improving the service ability at the grass-roots level, and promoting the promotion and use of traditional Chinese medicine In particular, the guide to clinical application of essential drugs of traditional Chinese medicine has filled the gap of the World Health Organization.