Studies on Hospital Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (VI) Cost Comparison of Six Times versus Twice Per Year Preparations of 1% Methylene Blue Injection by a Cost Saving Analysis

概要

論文の詳細を見る
For the purpose of determining the shelf life of 1% Methylene Blue (MB) injection. its stability was investigated under 4 storage conditions for 30 weeks. The content of MB in 1% MB injection started to decrease at 5℃ in the dark 4 weeks after preparation, but no significant differences were observed under three other storage conditions (at room temperature (22.0±0.5℃) and at 40℃ in the dark and at room temperature (22.0±10.5℃) in 1000 Lux fluorescent light) for 30 weeks. According to these results, we changed the shelf life of 1% MB injection from 2 to 6 months and the frequency of preparation from six times to twice/year. The unit cost before and after the change of shelf lit~e was compared. One unit cost calculated according to materials costs and labor costs was \2,738.6 during the 1993 -1995 period (six times preparations/year). while it was \1,545.9 during the 1996-1998 period (twice preparations/year). A cost savings of \1,192.7/ampule (43.6%) was produced by changing the frequency of preparation from six times lo twice/year. In addition. the discard cost for 1% MB injection past its shelf life was estimated. A discard cost saving of \85,766.8/year (75.2%) was achieved by changing the frequency of preparation from six times to twice/year. Furthermore. the working hours were reduced by 9.58 hours/man/year and it allowed pharmacists to utilize the extra lime gained by changing the frequency to other work.
日本医療薬学会の論文
2000-04-10

Studies on Hospital Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (VI) Cost Comparison of Six Times versus Twice Per Year Preparations of 1% Methylene Blue Injection by a Cost Saving Analysis

スポンサーリンク

概要

著者

関連論文

スポンサーリンク