[Prescription check of injectable solutions for home nursing care--significance for pharmacists].
HPN and other different injectable solutions are commonly used for home nursing care. Especially, when considering care for a terminally ill patient at home, it becomes difficult for the patient to take medicines orally as he/she comes closer to death, and injectable solutions play a more important role. Our pharmacy has operated clean rooms since October 1999 to deal with the prescription of injectable solutions including HPN. We analyzed the results from 55 HPN-prescribed patients from January 2006 to December 2007. For the prescriptions of 9 out of 55 patients, we shared our opinions with their family doctors and, consequently, the prescriptions of 4 patients were changed. To administer and prescribe injectable solutions appropriately, pharmacists should well understand the changing conditions of terminal diseases. By approaching terminal illness in such a way, the significance of pharmacists involved in prescribing the best suited medications has been verified.
Yamamaru
Jyunji
J
Yamamaru Pharmacy.
Kushida
Kazuki
K
D000368:Aged; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006699:Home Care Services; D018718:Home Infusion Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D010595:Pharmacists; D012996:Solutions
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