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A pharmacist check of patients' infection-related condition prior to drug preparation reduces anticancer drug wastage after mixing: a retrospective study.

Hirotsugu YamadaYuto YamadaHirotoshi IiharaRyo KobayashiHiroyuki TanakaAkio Suzuki
Published in: Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice (2023)
In addition to the standard administration criteria of anticancer drugs, checking patients' infection-related condition, defined by a body temperature ≥ 37.5 °C or elevated CRP or WBC from baseline, before mixing by the pharmacist is useful for reducing anticancer drug wastage after preparation.
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