In/outpt Rx for Paxlovid are available in nursing hospitals

The KDCA aims to timely administer treatments for elderly hospitalized patients

Nursing hospitals will be able to prescribe outpatient & inpatient Rx for Paxlovid, a COVID-19 treatment.

 

Both outpatient prescriptions that prepare and supply oral drugs at pharmacies in charge and inpatient prescriptions that receive oral drugs from hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases that supply treatments have become possible.

 

The KDCA made the announcement at a regular briefing on the 17th.

 

The KDCA judgment that group infections in nursing hospitals are continuing and timely administration of PO treatments for the elderly affected the permission of outpatient & inpatient prescriptions in nursing hospitals.

 

Kim Ok-soo, head of the resource management team at the quarantine countermeasures headquarters, explained, "The nursing hospital originally tried to prescribe Paxlovid as outpatient Rx, but there was a shortage of supplies at pharmacies in charge of cities, counties and districts.

 

Team leader Kim Ok-soo added, "The nursing hospital has improved the system since the 14th so that inpatient and outpatient Rxs can be made in a timely manner," adding, "It is a new application." Since the 14th, KDCA has taken measures to prescribe Paxlovid, a treatment to be taken when training rapid antigen tests, for those aged 60 or older, and it is necessary to secure the amount of treatment.

 

According to the KDCA, Paxlovid for 163,000 people was supplied to Korea as of the 16th, and the inventory was 96,000 people.

 

In addition, it is scheduled to be introduced in Korea at the end of March.

 

The KDCA said, "We will promote the prevention of seriousness and the burden of the medical system through active administration to the elderly," adding, "We will ensure that timely administration of treatments can be made."