Spread of the idea of ‘deprescribing’ in China

Creating the position of surgical pharmacist in China

“…In September 2018, GDPA applied to create the position of surgical pharmacist officially. Unlike American Society of Health-System Pharmacists,2 GDPA believes that surgical pharmacists should take care of the whole process of drug management during the perioperative period and focus on the perioperative medications, such as anti-infection, anti-thrombosis, analgesia, clinical nutrition, blood glucose, blood pressure and liquid management, the use of glucocorticoids, special drug control, and deprescribing,3 and the management of drugs prone to be used irrationally, such as proton pump inhibitors. In brief, surgical pharmacists should act as the bridge between surgeons and physicians.…”