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Assessing the impact of a targeted pharmacist-led anticoagulant review clinic Subscription
Local guidance, supported by the 2014 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline CG180 for atrial fibrillation (AF), recommends that patients receiving inadequate anticoagulation with a vitamin K antagonist (VKA), including time in therapeutic range (TTR) of <65%, should be reassessed. These patients were identified by the anticoagulation monitoring service (AMS) and highlighted to GPs for review. However, up to 59.3% of patients received ...
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Integrating community pharmacy testing for hepatitis C with specialist care Subscription
Many patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection lie undiagnosed and a significant proportion of patients that have been identified are disengaged from specialist services. The Isle of Wight (IOW) typifies this issue, with an estimated 200 undiagnosed patients with HCV infection and a small number of known cases engaged with specialist services. Aim: To reduce the burden of undiagnosed HCV on the IOW and link new diagnoses directly ...
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Pharmacy at home: service for frail older patients demonstrates medicines risk reduction and admission avoidance Subscription
The Exeter Cluster Pharmacy team is part of an integrated community health and social care service, providing domiciliary medicines optimisation to around 145,000 people.
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How useful are medicines helplines for patients discharged from hospital? Subscription
This paper suggests that patient helplines support medicines optimisation by ensuring patients have easy access to pharmacy experts to discuss concerns about their medicines and improve the quality of their pharmaceutical care.
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The package user test: a method for improving medicines packaging Subscription
This paper describes a new performance-based package user test that has the potential to improve drug package design and therefore reduce drug selection errors.
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We are all part virus — the role of human endogenous retroviruses Subscription
Viruses lurk in our genome and science is only now starting to understand the important role that they might play in health and disease. Kalliopi Dodou and Paul Whiteley explain.
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Integrated examinations: supporting students with team-based learning Subscription
Jason Hall and colleagues explain how Manchester Pharmacy School is applying team-based learning to the MPharm course to integrate science and practice modules.
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A review of Controlled Drug incidents reported to the NRLS over seven years Subscription
To describe the number and types of patient safety incidents involving Controlled Drugs reported to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) and the role of Accountable Officers for CDs (AOs) in incident reporting and learning.
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The clinical impact of pharmacist interventions in an emergency unit Subscription
This paper suggests that interventions of clinical pharmacists significantly improve patient outcomes by reducing the risk of harm in most cases
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Intervention monitoring in paediatrics as a strategy to improve prescribing Subscription
To describe a system of regular intervention monitoring among paediatric patients and how the information is used to inform the content of different strategies aimed at improving prescribing practice.
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