注射オーダシステムを利用した入院患者への注射薬情報提供システムとその評価

抄録

For appropriate drug therapy in inpatients, not only conventional explanation of drugs, but also various measures that facilitate correct recognition of drugs by inpatients are important. Clinical pharmacists in each ward directly provide data on oral drugs. However, inpatients are provided with little data on injectable drugs, which is the other major form of drug therapy. At our hospital, we developed a system for providing injectable drug data linked to an injection order system, and began to use this system on December 1, 1998. An information sheet provided to inpatients by this system contains conventional explanation of the drug efficacy, initial symptoms of severe side effects, administration method, cautions required at the time of administration, and color photos of the preparations. A questionnaire of this system showed that both patients and physicians are generally satisfied with the information sheet. However, the opinions of physicians were divided concerning provision of all data on injectable drugs, which remains to be solved as a future problem.