著者

丹羽 隆 篠田 康孝 鈴木 昭夫 大森 智史 太田 浩敏 深尾 亜由美 安田 満 北市 清幸 松浦 克彦 杉山 正 村上 啓雄 伊藤 善規

出版者

一般社団法人日本医療薬学会

雑誌

医療薬学 (ISSN:1346342X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.38, no.5, pp.273-281, 2012-05-10 (Released:2013-05-10)

参考文献数

38

被引用文献数

1 15

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Antimicrobial resistance in hospitals is increasingly becoming a major problem worldwide, thus appropriate use of antimicrobial agents should be promoted. Since August 2009, our hospital has established a review system for checking prescriptions in all patients receiving antimicrobial injections according to the intervention and feedback of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) guideline. The antimicrobial use density (AUD), duration of administration, length of hospital stay, and antimicrobial resistance in a year were compared before and after starting the intervention into AMS. Suggestions made by members of the infection control team (ICT) to the prescribers were for the major part the choice and dose elevation of antimicrobials. Most of the proposals (91%) were accepted by the prescribers. Although AUD was not changed after AMS intervention, the proportion of prolonged antimicrobial use (over 2 weeks) was significantly reduced from 5.2% to 4.1% (p=0.007), which led to the saving of costs for antibiotics (4.48 million yen/ year). The incidence of MRSA tended to decrease after AMS intervention (p=0.074). The median length of hospital stay was ultimately shortened by 1.0 day (p=0.0005), which led to an estimated saving of medical costs by 520 million yen/year. We consider that our intervention profoundly affects this cost saving. These findings suggest that the extensive intervention into AMS is effective in reducing the frequency of inappropriate use of antimicrobials, suppressing the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance, and saving medical expenses.

著者

長谷川 栞 畠平 春奈 長沼 美紗 島内 あかり 笹岡 沙也加 元岡 佑美 福田 昌穂 阿部 純子 中尾 智史 加藤 大和 大森 智史 井口 和弘 中村 光浩

出版者

公益社団法人 日本薬学会

雑誌

YAKUGAKU ZASSHI (ISSN:00316903)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.137, no.10, pp.1301-1311, 2017-10-01 (Released:2017-10-01)

参考文献数

36

被引用文献数

2 3

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OTC drugs play an important role in self-medication. OTC analgesic and antipyretic drugs are widely used in Japan. The present study aimed to survey the components of OTC drug package inserts for analgesic and antipyretic drugs and to evaluate the adverse event profiles using the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report database (JADER). The JADER contains 430587 reports from between April 2004 and November 2016; a total of 750 reports of adverse events resulted from the use of OTC analgesic and antipyretic drugs. The safety signals were detected by the reporting odds ratio (ROR). The ROR values for “Skin & subcutaneous tissue disorders”, “Immune system disorders”, and “Hepatobiliary disorders” stratified by system organ class of the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) were 7.58 (6.56-8.76), 4.25 (3.51-5.14), and 2.35 (1.93-2.85), respectively. OTC analgesic and antipyretic drugs containing allylisopropylacetylurea (AIAU) exhibited a significantly high reporting ratio of “Skin & subcutaneous tissue disorders” compared with the drugs without AIAU. No difference in the reported incidence of “Hepatobiliary disorders” was found between the drugs with or without acetaminophen. Our results suggested that it was important to monitor patients who use OTC analgesic and antipyretic drug containing AIAU; in particular, careful attention should be paid to skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders.