著者

森田 俊博 海浪 裕子 林原 正和 大坪 健司

出版者

一般社団法人 日本医療薬学会

雑誌

病院薬学 (ISSN:03899098)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, no.3, pp.237-242, 1998-06-10 (Released:2011-08-11)

参考文献数

14

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We developed safe and simple closed system for preparing ointments containing cytotoxic drugs using a polyethylene bag.β-Carotene (β-C) and fluorescein sodium (FL) were used as model drugs in the present study. All preparation procedures were carried out in a polyethylene bag. The uniformity of drug content in the ointment was obtained by rolling the contents more than 20 times with a roller in both model drugs. The contents of each model drug in the ointment prepared by a closed system were consistent with those by the conventional method using a glass mortar. The time required to prepare the ointment in a closed system was much shorter than that using the conventional method. In addition, no contamination was observed in the closed system, whereas some contamination of the cyto-safe sheet and gloves with FL were observed with the conventional method. Based on the present findings, a closed system using a polyethylen bag is thus considered to be a useful method for preparing ointments containing cytotoxic drugs.