Evaluation of Notification System for Proper Use of Antifungal Drugs

Autor:	Akihiro Tanaka, Hisamichi Tauchi, Ryoji Itoh, Katsuya Suemaru, Masaki Yasukawa, Shinichi Watanabe, Kiyonori Takada, Toshihide Moriguchi, Hiroaki Araki, Mayuki Aibiki, Kazuo Nakanishi, Masahiro Ryugo, Hitoshi Miyamoto, Yoshiro Ikegawa, Natsuyo Nakano, Hitoshi Hasegawa
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Antimicrobial use business.industry Antifungal drugs Internal medicine Antifungal drug medicine In patient Notification system Pharmacology University hospital business Deep mycosis
Zdroj:	Iryo Yakugaku (Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences). 36:392-396
ISSN:	1882-1499 1346-342X
DOI:	10.5649/jjphcs.36.392
Popis:	While it is necessary to use antifungal drugs for opportunistic deep mycosis in patients with immune system dysfunction,the inappropriate use of such drugs needs to be reduced to prevent occurrence of antifungal drug resistance as well as from the pharmacoeconomic viewpoint.In this study,we evaluated a notification system for the proper use of antifungal drugs that was introduced at Ehime University Hospital in January 2008.We investigated changes in antimicrobial use densities (AUD) of antifungal drugs,dosage period,number of patients receiving them and average dosage period of antifungal drugs in β-D glucan negative or unidentified patients from January 2007 to December 2008.After the introduction of the notification system,there was a significant decrease in the average monthly AUD of antifungal drugs (from 12.8±1.8 to 7.6± 1.8 ; p
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