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Cancer Chemotherapy-Related Regimen Checks Performed by Pharmacists of General Hospitals Other Than Cancer Treatment Collaborative Base Hospitals: A Multicenter, Prospective Survey

Daisuke Ueki
,
Shinya Suzuki
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Takahiro Ohta
,
Akira Shinohara
,
Yasukata Ohashi
,
Daisuke Konuma
,
Yasuaki Ryushima
,
Ryoko Udagawa
,
Hironori Motonaga
,
Masahiro Ieoka
,
Akihiro Taji
,
Yuuki Kogure
,
Mikako Hiraike
,
Miyuki Uoi
,
Kasuhiko Ino
,
Toshikatsu Kawasaki
,
Masakazu Yamaguchi
Version 1 : Received: 31 October 2023 / Approved: 1 November 2023 / Online: 1 November 2023 (07:34:56 CET)

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Ueki, D.; Suzuki, S.; Ohta, T.; Shinohara, A.; Ohashi, Y.; Konuma, D.; Ryushima, Y.; Udagawa, R.; Motoshige, H.; Ieoka, M.; Taji, A.; Kogure, Y.; Hiraike, M.; Uoi, M.; Ino, K.; Kawasaki, T.; Yamaguchi, M. Cancer-Chemotherapy-Related Regimen Checks Performed by Pharmacists of General Hospitals Other Than Cancer Treatment Collaborative Base Hospitals: A Multicenter, Prospective Survey. Pharmacy 2024, 12, 1. Ueki, D.; Suzuki, S.; Ohta, T.; Shinohara, A.; Ohashi, Y.; Konuma, D.; Ryushima, Y.; Udagawa, R.; Motoshige, H.; Ieoka, M.; Taji, A.; Kogure, Y.; Hiraike, M.; Uoi, M.; Ino, K.; Kawasaki, T.; Yamaguchi, M. Cancer-Chemotherapy-Related Regimen Checks Performed by Pharmacists of General Hospitals Other Than Cancer Treatment Collaborative Base Hospitals: A Multicenter, Prospective Survey. Pharmacy 2024, 12, 1.

Abstract

The aim of this prospective study was to examine the issues of these items to evaluate the possibility of their application to clinical practice. This prospective survey was performed on pharmacists of 14 hospitals. The number of confirmation items was 345 and 375 items in the control group and recommended item group, respectively. The mean time required for completing a regimen check (±standard deviation) was 4 minutes and 14 seconds (±1 minute and 50 seconds) and 6 minutes and 18 seconds (±1 minute and 7 seconds) in the control group and recommended item group, respectively. Among the recommended items, the mean number of items that pharmacists confirmed was 12.4 and 18.6 in the control and recommended items, respectively. The number of doubt inquiries was higher in the recommended item group than in the control group (41 vs. 27 cases). The number of doubt inquiries related to dosage, premedication, urinalysis, and a history of hepatitis B virus was higher in the recommended item group than in the control group. In the present study, we created 19 items that should be confirmed in regimen checks and examined the possibility of their application to clinical practice.

Keywords

cancer chemotherapy; chemotherapy regimen checks; pharmacist intervention; hospital pharmacist

Subject

Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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