[Usefulness of sharing medication-related reviews based on questionnaire survey, and the cooperation between hospital and community pharmacist at conference prior to discharge].

Owing to the Japanese healthcare system reform, the place where patients receive medical care is beginning to shift from hospital to home. This study aims to evaluate the usefulness of sharing medication-related reviews through a questionnaire survey and hospital pharmacist intervention survey. It appears that almost all community pharmacists have inadequate information at the time of dispensing medication to, monitoring adverse effects of, and counseling cancer patients.

[Factors affecting the response of thalidomide therapy for patients with multiple myeloma].

Factors that affect the response of multiple myeloma patients to thalidomide were evaluated in 40 patients who were not eligible for chemotherapy (untreated: 14, relapse/refractory: 26). The complete response (CR) rate was 2.5%; partial response (PR) 50.

Survey on the actual status of use of antiseptics in our hospital.

Prevention of nosocomial infections is an important task for any medical institution. Although it is important to administer antibiotics prophylactically during the perioperative period, the proper use of antiseptics should have top priority. We carried out a survey to show the actual status of antiseptic use in our hospital in order to determine their proper use.