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The Preparation of Infusions Based on Infection Control Perspective

Hiroo NAKAGAWA, Hitoshi SASAKI and Takahiro MURO
Department of Pharmacy, Nagasaki University Hospital

During injection, the needle is inserted directly into the patient's tissue; thus, the pharmacist should prepare the needle, syringe, and drug to be administered under a sterile condition. However, nurses often prepare these things in the general ward, which is under a non-sterile condition. Hence, nosocomial infections due to microbial contamination still occur occasionally. Pharmacists involved in the infection control should make efforts to maintain aseptic operation and preparation hygiene management at the time of injection preparation at their own facilities. And the pharmacist should supervise the procedures in the preparation of the things to be used for injection. In this paper, we review the procedures in the preparation under sterile conditions by pharmacists and summarize the points to be noted regarding the preparation under non-sterile conditions by nurses.

Key words：injections, pharmacist, nurse, sterile preparation, infection control

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Received: July 25, 2019
Accepted: August 27, 2019

34 (6)：277─281,2019