At Tokyo University of Pharmacy, at the request of the Hachioji Pharmacy Association, "New Corona Virus Vaccine Preparation (Diluting, Dispensing)" by Professor Yusuke Hori, Professor Hidemasa Nakaminami, Associate Professor Hideya Kokubun, Associate Professor Yuko Tohari, and Lecturer Shigeo Akiyama of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences ) Technical workshop ”is being held.
Regarding the vaccination of the new coronavirus in each local government, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare notified "Cooperation of pharmacists in building the inoculation system of the new coronavirus vaccine (request)" (Health Issue 0210 No. 1).Among them, the cooperation of pharmacists is required for vaccine preparation (dilution, dispensing), and training for preparation is required.
Therefore, at Tokyo University of Pharmacy, at the request of the Hachioji Pharmacy Association, a faculty member of the same university, who is an expert in disinfection and microorganisms and a specialist in practical training education, will be a lecturer and will be trained from March 2021, 3. We are holding a meeting.
The new coronavirus vaccine has the characteristic of being "mRNA and liposomal", and if this characteristic is not understood, it cannot be handled properly and its effectiveness will be affected.In addition, in order to make the drug ready for inoculation, it is necessary to immediately and accurately dilute the drug with physiological saline after freezing.At the technical workshop, lectures on the properties and handling methods of vaccines were taken, and practical training on vaccine preparation techniques such as dilution and dispensing was conducted. In addition, lectures and videos of the training were provided so that preliminary reviews could be conducted at home.
In the future, the technical workshop will be held on April 2021th (Wednesday) and April 4th (Monday), 7 with the same content, and a total of 4 active pharmacists in Hachioji City will participate for three days.