Analysis of TCM Injections in the Inpatients from 4 Hospitals of Jiading District in Shanghai / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for rational use of TCM injections. METHODS:Among the inpatients who used TCM injections in 4 hospitals of Shanghai Jiading district in 2013,100 cases were collected by systematic sampling in each hospital separately, and the data were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS:The varieties and amount of TCM injections for blood-activating and stasis-resolving both occupied the first place. 22% inpatients used two or more TCM injections at the same time. The proportion of overdose use of TCM injections reached 54.55%. The type of unreasonable drug use mainly included drug use against differentiation of syndromes,super indications drugs and solvent error. Combined use of TCM injections with same ef-fect accounted for 20.45% of combined use of TCM injections. CONCLUSIONS:It is effective means to improve rational drug use that great impertance paid for clinical use of TCM injections.