Abstract
The medicine brought in by the patient at the time of hospitalization is increasing in types and quantities. On the other hand, due to lack of information there was no common consensus concerning the medicine brought in by the patient, thus each medical department had managed differently on their own decisions. For unified agreements on the medicine brought in by the patient, our medical safety management office had organized a management committee by doctors, nurses, and pharmacists and reviewed the current status on the medicine brought in by the patients for medical risk management by questionaires distributed to risk managers of doctors, nurses and pharmacists. Based on the results, we were able to summarize “formulation of guidelines for handling medicines brought in by the patients at the time of hospitalization” and created “a manual for handling medicines brought in by the patients”, and acknowledged to all medical personnel in our hospital.
