Evaluation of Usage and Usefulness on the Checking Manual for Prescription of Injectable Drugs

Abstract

The Yamaguchi Hospital Pharmacists Association published a “Cheking Manual for Dispensing Injectable Drugs” in February 1998 after an 8-year evaluation so that pharmacists can contribute to the appropriate use of injectable drugs as a member of a health care team. This manual includes not only a checklist for such factors at the time of dispensing and the dose and administrative method, but also provides data on incompatibility (visual changes and decomposition). We evaluated the utility of this manual by a questionnaire survey. Inquires by physicians and nurses were the most frequently observed. Concerning the contents of such inquiries, inquiries about incompatibility accounted for about 73%, of which 72% could be responded to using this manual alone. Of all references made to this manual, 89% were contained in this manual. These results suggest that this manual adequately contributed to the appropriate use of injectable drugs.