Abstract
The purpose of this survey is to find out the present status of hospital pharmacists in the clinical pharmacy activities. Out of 814 hospital pharmacies in Japan having more than 4 pharmacists respectively, 356 responded to our questionnaire consisting of 13 pages. Roles taken by hospital pharmacists in new activities at the clinical pharmacy, in addition to the conventional services of hospital pharmacy such as compounding, manufacturing, dispensing, purchasing and inventory control, are analyzed as follows: quality control 43.8%, unit-dose packaging 61.0%, patients' profile 5.8%, I. V. admixture 3.0%, drug information facility 79.0%, active drug information service to physicians and nurses 63.0%, participation in hospital wards activity 2.5%, participation in emergency care service 10.4%, new drug evaluation 67.4%, survey of adverse drug reaction 13.8%. Questions were also given out to hospital pharmacists on their desire for continuous self-education, participation in research of investigational drugs and entering into a teaching profession. This survey revealed a strong desire of hospital pharmacists to improve their present status and anticipation of their important roles.
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