Kobayashi Daisuke, Sakamaki Hiroyuki, Komatsu Ryou, Iijima Tomonori, Iijima Yasunori, Ootsuga Hiroyuki, Saito Katsuya, Seki Tetsuya, Nakamura Hidetoshi, Yamaura Tomoyuki, Yokobayashi Kuniaki
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Meijo University.
Yakugaku Zasshi. 2014;134(7):823-8. doi: 10.1248/yakushi.14-00013. Epub 2014 Apr 25.
This study aimed to determine how much time can be saved with the use of unit-of-use packaging for prescription drugs as compared with bulk packaging in community pharmacies as well as to determine the number of errors. In a simulation, mock prescriptions were dispensed either in unit-of-use packages or by transferring medication from a bulk container, and a time study was conducted to measure the time spent on dispensing and prescription auditing by pharmacists. Pharmacists' and patients' degree of satisfaction was also surveyed. The time saved with unit-of-use packaging was 66.25 s per prescription. The sole dispensing error that was found in the study occurred with bulk dispensing. Among both pharmacists and patients, many were of the opinion that dispensing with unit-of-use packaging was preferable to bulk dispensing. Unit-of-use packaging shortens the time that pharmacists spend on dispensing activities and increases the efficiency of their work. Unit-of-use packaging is also thought to reduce the number of counting errors.
本研究旨在确定与社区药房的散装包装相比，使用单位剂量包装的处方药能节省多少时间，以及确定错误数量。在一次模拟中，模拟处方要么以单位剂量包装发放，要么从散装容器中转移药物发放，并进行了一项时间研究，以测量药剂师在配药和处方审核上花费的时间。还调查了药剂师和患者的满意度。使用单位剂量包装每张处方节省的时间为66.25秒。该研究中发现的唯一配药错误发生在散装配药时。在药剂师和患者中，许多人认为使用单位剂量包装配药比散装配药更可取。单位剂量包装缩短了药剂师在配药活动上花费的时间，提高了他们的工作效率。单位剂量包装也被认为可以减少计数错误的数量。
