2017 Volume 32 Issue 5 Pages 258-262
There is no report that has investigated hygiene management on multicenter and microbial contamination of an inhalant liquid in a ward. In this study, we did a questionnaire about hygiene management of the inhalant liquid, and investigated microbial contamination of the inhalant liquid at 11 hospitals within Nagasaki society of hospital pharmacists. The inhalant liquid was managed in wards in 6 hospitals. The inhalant liquids were stored in a cool place at 5 hospitals. In 4 hospitals, they provided the inhalant liquid after preparation was been able to use until original expiration date of each ones. Nurses disinfected their hands before preparation of the inhalant liquid at 4 hospitals. There was no nurse who wore gloves before preparation of the inhalant liquid in all hospitals. The syringes using preparation of the inhalant liquid were exchanged once a day in 3 hospitals. On the other hand, the microbial contamination had not been found in the salbutamol sulfate inhalation and bromhexine hydrochloride for 8 weeks. Therefore, the inhalant liquids containing preservative stored in a ward are been able to use within 8 weeks after preparation.
