Hospital on-site preparations (HOP) have long been produced in most institutions since enactment of the Ministry of Health and Welfare Notification No. 92-12 in 1992. However, due to the unclear definition of the HOP, most institutions have trouble in production and reporting of the HOP. Therefore, in this study, the definition and range of HOP are examined by questionnaire for 34 institutions, mainly teaching hospitals, which reported the items of HOP among 84 institutions having 500 or more beds. It was found that 472 items and 1,116,888 jesu of the HOP were produced at 34 institutions in 2006. Most institutions prepared $21{sim}30$ items of HOP, and the number of institutions producing $5,000{sim}10,000$ forms was most prevalent. Accordingly, for HOPs whose need was identified by this study, pharmaceutical companies should be pressed for commercialization.