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Pack of UCPC (Centralised Chemotherapy Preparation Unit) operator cards
Dr C. Nowak, Hospital pharmacist
L. Danguy des Déserts, Resident Pharmacist
M. Boschel, TechnicianThis pack of cards has been prepared by the pharmaceutical team of the Angouleme Hospital Centre to meet the need of training of dispensers posted to the preparation of injectable cytotoxics.
Each card which represents a molecule used in oncology is organised as follows:
- the front, presented in the form of an illustrated questionnaire (boxes to tick) organised under different items:
* Pharmaceutical technology: solvents, medical devices, formulation
* Indications: with in particular the target organs and the therapeutic lines
* Methods for preserving the bottle: before and after first use
- the back, presented in the form of an illustrated summary sheet with answers to the questionnaire on the front together with additional information (therapeutic class, protocols, notion of urgency of the preparation, etc.).
This pack which currently includes 37 cards can be used in group training sessions. Each dispenser is given a card chosen at random or otherwise and places it in front of himself/herself with the "questionnaire" side uppermost. He/she then ticks what he/she thinks to be the right answers. After a period for individual thought, each participant presents the completed card. The cards are corrected between the various participants to make the training session interactive and to encourage comparison of the knowledge of each participant.
Each card can also be used individually for self-evaluation
Card entry mask
The file below allows you to record the "mask" of the cards in order to deal new cards or develop this support with other items.