Int J Environ Res Public Health
October 2019
This study aims to evaluate the potential role of pillboxes used for the preparation and delivery of individual daily medical treatments in the drug circuit of the Military Instruction Hospital (France) as reservoirs of bacterial contaminants. Samples were obtained from 32 pillboxes after decontamination (T1), after preparation in the pharmacy (T2), after use in two different medical units (T3), and again after usual mechanical washing (T4). Qualitative (identification and antibiotic susceptibility) and quantitative (contamination rate and number of colony forming units-CFUs) bacteriological tests were performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRationale And Aims: Hospital pharmacy aims at optimizing pharmaceutical care practice. Classically, assessing patient's satisfaction is required. Same manner, for a service provider such as a hospital pharmacy, it is necessary to evaluate the satisfaction of its customers: physicians, nurses and pharmacy staff.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTraining and regular evaluation of technicians involved in the preparation of antineoplastic agents seems essential to reduce occupational exposure. In this way, a continuous training program was established. Technicians were asked to prepare a safe simulated liquid cytotoxic drug with a fluorescein solution (10 mg/L).
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