[Team approach of chemotherapy treatment for outpatients--a report from the chemotherapy treatment room at Kitasato University East Hospital].

At Kitasato University East Hospital, the number of cancer patients who receive chemotherapy in the Chemotherapy Treatment Room for Outpatients (CTRO) is increasing (more than 200 a month). In order to enforce chemotherapy safely and efficiently, we are advancing a mutual collaboration between nurses and other occupations (doctors, pharmacists, etc.) in each ward and CTRO.

Structural visualization of expert nursing: Care to prevent tuberculosis infection for outpatients at their hospital visits.

Tuberculosis infection poses a serious challenge for preventing transmission of contagious diseases at medical treatment facilities in Japan. The authors have therefore developed an algorithm for providing care to prevent tuberculosis infection during the critical period between initial consultation and being admitted to the hospital.