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Healthcare-associated infection: intervention-related infection

Invasive medical procedures break the body’s defence against infection and facilitate infiltration by micro-organisms. This article describes these infections and the financial burden they create for the health services.…

Published: 1 January 2008

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Managing Raynaud’s phenomenon

As temperatures lower, pharmacists are more likely to encounter people with Raynaud’s phenomenon. Susan Allen explains.…

Published: 6 December 2007

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Haemorrhoids and anal fissures

Susan Allen looks at two common anorectal problems that pharmacists might encounter.…

Published: 21 July 2007

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How to deal with constipation

Susan Allen outlines the causes of and treatments for constipation and discusses special groups pharmacists should consider.…

Published: 7 July 2007

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The significance of potassium

Jo Ringer and Yvette Bartlett give an overview of factors affecting potassium levels and look at the role of potassium in disease.…

Published: 28 April 2007

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Ocular conditions from A to Z (ii)

This week’s CPD section continues the article published on 17 February (pp195–8), in which Marvyn Elton presents an A to Z guide to ocular conditions that pharmacists might encounter.…

Published: 3 March 2007

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Ocular conditions from A to Z (i)

In this article, Marvyn Elton presents an A to Z guide to ocular conditions with visible signs that may be shown to pharmacists.…

Published: 17 February 2007

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How I have used root cause analysis

In this article, Graham Lavender, a supplementary prescriber in a Southampton GP practice, describes three cases in which medication reviews did not result in an intended outcome and how applying root cause analysis allowed him to learn from each.…

Published: 14 December 2006

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