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A Survey of Hygiene Management of Ointments and Creams after Preparation
Hiroo NAKAGAWA1), Junichi ITO2), Masayuki OKADA3), Naoya IWAMURA4), Masanobu IMAMURA1), Takashi KITAHARA5), Hitoshi SASAKI1) and Takahiro MURO1)
1)Department of Pharmacy, Nagasaki University Hospital, 2)Department of Pharmacy, Nagasaki Yurino Hospital, 3)Department of Pharmacy, Kouseikai Hospital, 4)Department of Pharmacy, Sasebo Chuo Hospital, 5)Department of Pharmacy, Yamaguchi University Hospital
There is no report on hygiene management for multicenter and microbial contamination of ointments and creams in a ward. In this study, we prepared a questionnaire to investigate microbial contamination of ointments and creams in three hospitals within the Nagasaki Society of Hospital Pharmacists. We further investigated the expiration dates of the ointments and creams by touching two times daily with a finger for 6 months. There is no manual of hygiene management of ointments and creams in the three hospitals. Microbial contamination was not admitted for 128 ointments and creams in the three hospitals for 6 months, in spite of the difference between the base agent and the preservative agent. Therefore, the ointments and creams stored in a ward must be used within 6 months of preparation, providing there is proper hygiene management such as not touching them with bare hands.
Key words：ointments, creams, microbial contamination, expiration, hygiene management
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Received: September 26, 2018
Accepted: February 1, 2019
34 (3)：176─181,2019
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