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Objective To know the usage situation of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) injections;To improve the level of rational administration of TCM injections.Methods Totally 2686 medical records of inpatients from Aug. 2012 were randomly selected. Patient genders, ages, medication types, dosage and solvent, etc. were analyzed respectively.Results There are 38 varieties of traditional Chinese medicine injections in this survey. There are 22 varieties of traditional Chinese medicine injections involving the unreasonable usage in solvent, a total of 453 times. The total qualified rate was 80.59%. There are 9 varieties of traditional Chinese medicine injections involving the unreasonable dosage. The total qualified rate was 88.77%.Conclusion In order to guarantee the medication safety, the reasonable usage of TCM injections should be strengthened in the clinic, which can be realized by reading package inserts carefully, prescribing through syndrome differentiation.
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Objective To review and analyze unreasonable medicine use of TCM injections in inpatient prescriptions in our hospital; To provide reference for reasonable clinical medicine use. Methods According to instructions and requirements in “basic principles for TCM injections in clinical use”, 132 cases (01. 2013-05. 2013) of TCM injections following the doctors’ advice in the hospital were reviewed and analyzed. Results Problems in unreasonable medicine use of TCM injections mainly concentrated in incompatibility, unsuitable solvent, and unsuitable indications, etc. Conclusion TCM injections in clinical use in the hospital showed some cases containing unreasonable medicine use. Therefore, effective intervention should be taken to regulate medicine use and promote TCM injections in clinical application, in order to make it safer, more reasonable, and more effective and reduce the occurrence of adverse reactions.