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Division of Pharmacy

Division of Pharmacy

Division of Pharmacy plays a pivotal role in all aspects of drug therapy to ensure the safety of medication for outpatients and inpatients at Osaka University of Dental Hospital.

DirectorRyuta URAKAWA

■Work contents

Recently, the medical environment has changed greatly. The roles of pharmacist in the hospital are diversified and expanding every year. To ensure the safety of medication and achieve the best treatment of patients, we work as integrated members of a medical team based on our expertise in the proper use and safety management of medicines including: 1) dispensing of medications for inpatients and outpatients, 2) managing and providing the latest pharmaceutical information, 3) inventory of medicines used in the hospital, 4)medication consultation, 5)inpatient pharmaceutical services, 6)mixing of chemotherapy for inpatients and outpatients, 7) hospital preparing of medicines. We are committed to serving high quality of medication by further improving our activity in all locations of the hospital.

■Topics

We further expand our activity to collecting information about the accurate records for the individual patient’s history on medication and allergy in addition to nutritional care, cancer chemotherapy, palliative care and proper use of antibacterial agent as a member of the medical team, and then contribute to the safety of medical treatment in the Dental Hospital.
We also provide practical training course and supervise undergraduate students of School of Pharmaceutical Science from 2011.