Akio Kawachi, Yusuke Sakamoto, Shunya Mouri, Mitsuaki Fukumori, Riku Kawano, Takaya Murakami, Junichiro Sonoda, Keiko Narumi, Yoshihiro Shimodozono, Kenji Etoh, Susumu Chiyotanda, Takashi Furuie, Keizo Sato, Masao Fukumori, Toshiro Motoya
BACKGROUND: As of 2014, community pharmacies in Japan are approved by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to measure lipid panel, HbA1c, glucose, ALT, AST and γ-GTP, but not to screen for influenza virus. We provided influenza virus screening tests at a community pharmacy to triage people with symptoms suggestive of influenza. Participants were given appropriate advice on how to prevent the spread of and safeguard against influenza. We subsequently evaluated the effects of community pharmacy-based influenza virus screening and prevention measures...
2017: Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences