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

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Workflow of the prescription, preparation and administration process performed by the pharmacist in charge of preparing injectable drugs

Table 1 Total number of chemotherapy cycles before and after protocol modification

Fig. 2 Comparison of the percentage (A) and cost (B) of injectable anticancer drugs discarded after preparation between pre- and post-protocol modification. Data were statistically compared using the chi-squared test

Table 2 Reasons for discarding mixed injectable anticancer agents before and after protocol modification

Table 3 Comparison of the contents of pharmacist interventions performed prior to mixing injectable anticancer agents before and after protocol modification

Availability of data and materials

The data sets obtained and analyzed in the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.