[EPIPEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANAPHYLAXIS PATIENTS DURING DISPENSING: FACTORS RELATED TO THE QUALITY OF PHARMACISTS' INSTRUCTIONS].

Background And Aim: We previously reported that pharmacists working in pharmacies don't have enough knowledge and enough experience teaching anaphylaxis (An) and EpiPen use. We administered a questionnaire survey to pharmacists with experience handling EpiPen prescriptions. We investigated the relationship between the questionnaire results and the factors in the pharmacists' background regarding the explanation and guidance to patients.

Recognition of Community Pharmacists' Behaviors Related to Information Sharing: A Cross-Sectional Study.

With the recent shift in community pharmacist services toward in-person services and the growing need for centralized and continuous medication management/monitoring, pharmacist-patient information sharing is crucial. This study investigated the pharmacist-patient gap in the recognition of pharmacists' behaviors regarding information sharing and assessed the potential impact of such recognition on patient trust and willingness to self-disclose. This cross-sectional study included 600 patients (aged 21-85 years) using pharmacy services (surveyed online in December 2020) and 591 community pharmacists with ≥1 year of experience (surveyed from September to November 2021).

[SURVEY OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ANAPHYLAXIS AND GUIDANCE WHEN DISPENSING EPIPEN FOR PHARMACISTS WORKING IN PHARMACIES].

Background/purpose: Anaphylactic shock is a serious and life-threatening condition, and affected patients should be quickly and effectively treated with an EpiPen. Although the correct use of an EpiPen is greatly affected by a user's proficiency level and the instructions accompanying the EpiPen, there has been almost no investigation into the knowledge of the EpiPen and the actual situation of the accompanying instructions for use. Therefore, we conducted this nationwide survey to elucidate these issues.

Relationship between cognitive function affecting motor Functional Independence Measure and hypnotics.

Unlabelled: Otsubo H, Kishimoto K, Hirano I, Nakano H, Itaya K, Kumaki R, Osumi H. Relationship between cognitive function affecting motor Functional Independence Measure and hypnotics. Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 2022; 13: 4-11.