総説
院内感染制御における薬剤科の追求
2007 年 33 巻 5 号 p. 395-404
詳細
2007 年 33 巻 5 号 p. 395-404
Recently there has been an increasing need for pharmacists to become more specialized and play a more important role in hospitals and with this in mind, we participated in infection control in various ways.
Our hospital has a large number of elderly patients and about 65% of them have circulatory or respiratory tract diseases.There is thus a high risk of them contracting infectious diseases and preventive measures are urgently required.Our contribution to this has been through therapeutic drug monitoring, antiseptic control, drug control guidance and preoperative autologous blood donation.As a result of our activities, the incidence of catheter infections decreased and so did antimicrobial usage and amounts of antiseptics purchased.Through such activities, we have established a clear role for pharmacists in hospital infection control.
