Aiming toward the supply of aseptic drugs--up to acceptance of the first patient
Uda, K.; Koizumi, A.; Saito, N.; Ohmori, C.; Kushida, K.
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and ChemoTherapy 32(Suppl 1): 30-32
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0385-0684 PMID: 16422481 Document Number: 591255
As the ageing society has come, a categorized medical function has been advanced. Therefore, an improvement of medical care service for home care patients has been requested. One of the services provided by community pharmacists was to visit patient to give drug management advice based on the medical insurance and homecare insurance guidelines. In 1994, the Ministry of Health and Welfare expressed a degree of pharmacist's involvement to share patient's concern and was described as "the maturity of pharmacy". At present, the third step in the division of labor in medical services has taken its root. Then, an effort to arrange the fourth step (supply of aseptic drugs) will be needed in the future. Clinical exercises by pharmacists, acquisition of aseptic preparation skills and maintenance of facilities like a clean room will be required because the supply of aseptic drugs will be the first experience for a pharmacy. Neighboring medical facilities have to be prepared for accepting a supply of aseptic drugs along with the pharmacy's preparation. This time, we could have had an opportunity to accept the HPN patient. So we would like to report our progress and challenge.