ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for the implementation of Quality Management Guidance of TCM Trust-agent Decocting in Medical Institutions in Shanghai. METHODS:Stratified random sampling method was adopted for the questionnaire of TCM trust-agent decocting in 13 medical and health institutions in the suburb of Shanghai. RESULTS:A total of 13 question-naires were sent out and 13 valid questionnaires were received with the effective rate of 100%. In the 13 medical and health institu-tions,12 medical and health institutions partially or fully adopted trust-agent decocting,and the trust-agent decocting in the 12 med-ical and health institutions accounted for 92.3% in all trust-agent decocting;the 12 medical and health institutions with TCM trust-agent decocting service for patients included 9 pharmaceutical factories and 3 pharmacies;label related problems (including name error,oral and topical label error and stickers unclear) and leakage were the main quality problems,accounting for 33.0%and 31.0%,respectively;83.3% of the medical and health institutions didn’t establish the file of the quality control for TCM trust-agent decocting;decocting process was the most important factor that affects the quality. CONCLUSIONS:Implementing a re-gional Quality Management Guidance of TCM Trust-agent Decocting in Medical Institutions in Shanghai and establishing a system that drug administration,industry associations and medical and health institutions are participated in have great significance to pro-mote the healthy development of TCM trust-agent decocting service and ensure patients’medication safety.