Tag : Medicines safety
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Forgotten patients: thousands left on risky anticoagulant combinations Subscription
Combinations of drugs involving anticoagulants are one of the most frequent causes of medicine-related hospital admissions, but pharmacists can help reduce the risk.
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Roger Knaggs: 'We need to find a balance between appropriate use and minimising harm' Subscription
Government adviser and specialist pharmacist Roger Knaggs speaks about reducing opioid dependency, non-drug alternatives for chronic pain and why we need to be cautious about medical cannabis.
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Preventing hazardous prescribing with a pharmacist-led dashboard intervention Subscription
Medication errors that lead to adverse drug events are a major problem, and one that has been acknowledged by the World Health Organization’s third Global Patient Safety Challenge. In the UK,
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Medication errors: where do they happen? Subscription
Reducing medicines-related harm requires a clear understanding of where and when errors occur. This visual summary shows the latest estimates in England per year.
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The top ten prescribing errors in practice and how to avoid them Subscription
Prescribing errors affect patient safety, but pharmacists and other healthcare professionals can reduce the risk of them occurring.
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We can do more to improve medicines safety for patients in the NHS Subscription
How pharmacists are at the forefront of a national scheme to make the NHS the safest health service in the world for medicines.
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The GP pharmacists leading a life-saving medicines safety project Subscription
A major initiative by pharmacists to reduce risky medicines use in the community will be rolled out across the country after it was found to reduce serious adverse events.
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Train not blame: how one hospital trust boosted error reporting by over 100% Subscription
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust has dramatically improved medicines safety through pharmacy-led initiatives to address mistakes in prescribing and improve error reporting.
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Pioneering an independent medicines optimisation clinic in community, in India
Pharmacist Mansi Shah has developed the first independent community medicines optimisation service in India, but it has not been without its challenges.
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How to investigate and manage a medication incident Subscription
Of the nearly 237 million medication errors occurring in England each year, 28% have the potential to cause harm. This article outlines the immediate steps to be taken following identification of a medicines safety incident.
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Think outside the box: replacing multicompartment compliance aids Subscription
In January 2019, Boots announced that it was changing the way it dispenses medicines to care homes — from multicompartment compliance aids to original packs.
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More than 60 million multicompartment compliance aids given out each year in England Subscription
Exclusive: An estimated 64 million multicompartment compliance aids are given out by community pharmacies each year in England, a new report has shown, as data show rising reported incidences of associated harm.
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Are we dispensing too many multicompartment compliance aids? Subscription
Millions of multicompartment compliance aids (MCAs) are handed out by pharmacists each year, but evidence for their benefits is hard to find. Few patients are assessed before being given an MCA and concerns are building over potential errors and harms.
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Shining a light on medicines safety in special #PJrightmedicine month Subscription
In February 2019, The Pharmaceutical Journal is celebrating pharmacists’ contribution to improving medicines safety in the UK.
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A day in the life of a medication safety officer Subscription
Rajesh Jethwa details a typical day at Mid Essex Hospital NHS Trust as a medication safety officer.
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Tobacco smoking and its potential drug interactions Subscription
Smoking and smoking cessation treatments have a pharmacological impact on some commonly used drugs and should be taken into account during the selection, introduction and cessation of medicines.
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RPS launches digital ADR checker
Pharmaceutical Press, the publishing arm of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, has launched a digital product allowing clinicians to search for potential adverse drug reactions (ADRs) among more than 1,600 drugs.
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'Good palliative care depends on pharmacy expertise', speaker tells Welsh Medicines Safety Conference
“To avoid unnecessary suffering in children, doctors must have support from expert pharmacist colleagues,” Richard Hain, consultant and lead clinician in paediatric palliative medicine, told the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Welsh Medicines Safety Conference, held in Cardiff on 22 November 2018.
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Patients are being underdosed: we need new guidance on small-volume drug infusions Subscription
Too many patients are not receiving their full prescribed dose with small-volume drug infusions, but hospital pharmacists can act to ensure patient safety.
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How pharmacists can help prevent an ‘opioid crisis’ developing in the UK Subscription
Pharmacy must demonstrate that it has the knowledge and skills to support people to use opiods safely and effectively.
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