SELF-FINGERTIP TESTING FOR EARLY DETECTION OF CHRONIC DISEASE IN A JAPANESE COMMUNITY PHARMACY

• At: AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates) (2019)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS-097
• By: SHONO, Aiko (Japan)
• Co-author(s): Aiko Shono: Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan
  Masato Nakajima: Meiji Pharmaceutical University Pharmacy, Japan
  Kayoko Shimokawa: Meiji Pharmaceutical University Pharmacy, Japan
  Kousuke Nishikiori: Meiji Pharmaceutical University Pharmacy, Japan
  Noriko Yamazaki: Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  A new walk-in community pharmacy-based strategy for detecting lifestyle-related diseases through self-fingertip testing was launched in Japan in April 2014. This opportunistic screening at community pharmacies is a new in point of a community-based “walk-in” testing targeted primarily at people who miss or fail to attend routine health..

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