[reporter Wang Junzhong / Tainan report] with the invention of medical science and technology, nearly 30000 kinds of drugs have been approved for marketing in China. Pharmacists must be cautious to avoid dispensing negligence due to similar drug appearance, especially the injectable drugs of hospitalized patients. Tainan Pharmacists Association pointed out that the inpatient pharmacy Bureau of the hospital should prepare patients' UD drug distribution system (UDDS = unit dose drug distribution system, referred to as UD, single dose) every day. Pharmacists need to complete drug deployment, review prescriptions, note doctors and respond to nursing problems in time to deliver the car on time. It is inevitable that dispensing errors will be caused by distraction. In addition, many items do not have a single packaging bar code, and it is impossible for nurses to scan the bar code for drug administration. In order to reduce the neglect of injection drug dispensing, Chengdu University hospital purchased four pharmacists' heavy equipment - automatic injection dispensing machines, so as to ensure the drug safety of patients.

The new automatic injection dispensing machine in Chengdu University Hospital uses a single dose to subcontract the injection required by patients, so as to ensure the drug safety of patients. (Photo by reporter Wang Junzhong)

Zheng Jinglan, director of the pharmacy department of Chengdu University Hospital, said that four injection dispensing machines are used in about 700 beds in 23 wards of the hospital, with a total of 40 dispensing items. In order to avoid wrong dosage by nurses, single dose packaging (general contracting is used in most hospitals) is adopted to ensure the medication safety of patients.

The pharmacy department of Chengdu University Hospital started 4 automatic injection dispensing machines to subcontract the injection needed by inpatients, so as to ensure the drug safety of patients. (Photo by reporter Wang Junzhong)

Zheng Jinglan stressed that the fully automatic injection dispensing machine purchased by Chengdu University Hospital was developed by domestic manufacturers. Although it can not completely replace the pharmacist's dispensing operation, as long as the operation SOP is followed and the tonic is not wrong, there will be no dispensing negligence in the operation of these 40 drugs in the drug truck. This year's new crown pneumonia epidemic highlights the importance of automation equipment, Because the machine will not be infected, will not go abroad, and does not need isolation, so that the drug safety of patients can be improved.

Wu Zhenming, chairman of the Nanshi Pharmacists Association, said that pharmacists in Tainan, no matter in hospitals, clinics, drug bureaus or pharmaceutical factories, will try their best to do their best to ensure the safety of patients' medication. For example, the introduction of automatic injection dispensing machine by Chengdu medicine is an example. Pharmacists find out ways to improve the precision from the test machine and formulate SOP for the operation process, To standardize and correct the whole operation process and have pharmacists to help people check the drug safety is not only the blessing of the whole people, but also the true meaning of drug separation.