title: [Having trouble with pressure ulcers care?].
abstract: Since 1997, we, the community pharmacists, have established this society, Aichi Prefecture Society for the Study of Pressure Ulcers Care, in order to furnish drug information about pressure ulcers care. Moist atmosphere is required for the healing of pressure ulcers. The moist environment that could be regulated depends on the physicochemical property of ointment bases. Therefore, ointment should reasonably be chosen to adjust the moisture. Since 2000, we have been committed to providing pharmacists, who work on home care, with a booklet to instruct how to choose ointments for pressure ulcers treatment. In 2002, when the Aichi pharmaceutical association held a training conference held at various hospitals using the booklet as a teaching material, hospital pharmacists cooperated by making a field study trip to observe pressure ulcers treatments. Nowadays researchers at pharmaceutical colleges have also cooperated in studying the efficacy and economical effect of the method of blending different ointments to improve the healing process of pressure ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Aichi Prefecture Society for the Study of Pressure Ulcers Care.
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nohara
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Akiyoshi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Renda
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yuasa
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Katsunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuta
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D019058:Community Networks; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D009779:Occlusive Dressings; D009824:Ointments / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D017592:Skin Care / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D009824:Ointments