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Questionnaire Survey on Stockpiling Medicines for Disasters in Pharmacies in Gifu City in Anticipation of Nankai Trough Earthquake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2024

Azumi Kishi ,
Yoshihiro Noguchi Open the ORCID record for Yoshihiro Noguchi [Opens in a new window] ,
Tomoya Tachi Open the ORCID record for Tomoya Tachi [Opens in a new window] ,
Kazuhiro Iguchi Open the ORCID record for Kazuhiro Iguchi [Opens in a new window]  and
Hitomi Teramachi Open the ORCID record for Hitomi Teramachi [Opens in a new window]
Azumi Kishi
Affiliation:
Endowed Course of Community Medicine, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
Yoshihiro Noguchi
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
Tomoya Tachi
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Aichi, Japan
Kazuhiro Iguchi
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Community Pharmacy, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
Hitomi Teramachi*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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Corresponding author: Hitomi Teramachi; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Objectives

In recent years, Japan has experienced a series of earthquakes and torrential rain disasters in various regions, and in Gifu City, there is concern about the possibility ofNankai Trough earthquakes in the near future. However, pharmacists’ awareness of disaster preparedness and status of drug stockpiles in pharmacies are not clearly outlined.

Methods

A survey on disaster prevention and stockpiling was conducted in 286 pharmacies in Gifu City. Data were collected from August to the end of October 2022. A simple aggregate was used in the study.

Results

The response rate was 66.8% (191 pharmacies). Among them, 9.9% (19 pharmacies) had stockpiles of medicines for disasters, in which 33.3% of the medicines needed in the early stages of a disaster were above the average overall stockpiling rate. In addition, 2.1% (4 pharmacies) selected medicines according to national or prefectural manuals, and 96.3% (184 pharmacies) preferred to have the “national or local government” bear the cost of stockpiling.

Conclusions

This study allowed us to understand the stockpiling situation of pharmacies in Gifu City in event of a disaster such as the Nankai Trough earthquake, which is likely to occur in the future. Based on these results, it is necessary to consider measures for disaster stockpiling.

Keywords

earthquakestorrential rain disastersdisaster medicinesstockpile
Type
Brief Report
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 18 , 2024 , e259
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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