Study of a pharmacy performing homecare pump rental business

: In the Japanese home care, doctors are not required to purchase their own pump; the pump can be rented from a rental company. However, the rental company cannot do a medical support. Therefore, the Yanase-pharmacy(pharmacist)performs a pump rental business, doing a medical support to patients, doctors and nurses. The contents of the medical support are: To attend the conference before the patient was leaving the hospital , To describe how to use the pump to the patient and medical staff while the patient is still in the hospital , To describe how to use the pump to the patient and medical staff when the patient is at home , To propose how to connect the infusion route to the pump .