[Wastage of anesthetic related drugs in a university hospital].
BACKGROUND
The cost of wasted anesthetic related agents has not been clear in Japanese hospitals. We investigated whether the trainees in anesthesiology influence the cost of wasted anesthetic related agents.


METHODS
Investigation was carried out at the University of Tokyo Hospital. We interviewed each trainee in anesthesiology about all prepared anesthetic drugs and wasted ones at the end of each anesthetic management.


RESULTS
The percentage of wasted ampoules of anesthetic related agents was 15.85%, but the percentage of wasted cost was 5.15%. A large difference was not observed in transition of training period, and this percentage was not improved by training. We considered that this wasted cost is within permissible ranges in comparison with other reports.


CONCLUSIONS
During the training it is also important to develop a sense of medical economics.
Tomioka
Toshiya
T
Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655.
Mano
Toshiki
T
Ogawa
Makoto
M
Kin
Nobuhide
N
Yamada
Yoshitsugu
Y
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000191:economics*; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000191:economics* / Q000193:education; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000191:economics*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000191:economics*; D004470:Economics, Medical; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D014041:Tokyo
D000777:Anesthetics