Prescribing ward round with pharmacist involvement cuts errors on paediatric ICU A daily prescribing round in a paediatric intensive care unit led to a reduction in prescribing errors and overall time spent on medicines queries and prescribing.…
Chief pharmacists advised to store specialist antidotes separately to avoid mis-selection errors New rules for storage of antidotes will come into effect in November 2020 in response to a series of incidents, including two with fatal outcomes.…
How our hospital reduced its paracetamol overdose prescribing errors to zero Asif Sarwar, an advanced clinical pharmacist specialising in electronic prescribing, describes how he and his team developed a tool that successfully reduced prescribing errors for patients with acute paracetamol overdose from 25% to 0%.…
We need new medication software to link hospital care to community pharmacyAs a relief pharmacist, and a locum on my days-off, there’s variation in my work — I check a plethora of interesting medications across a range of demographic groups. But there are two aspects of my work that remain unvaried no matter where I go: the dreaded desynchronisation of pa…
Unsafe methotrexate prescribing remains common in England, study finds Unsafe methotrexate prescribing has gradually reduced but is still common, with substantial variation between general practices in England, a study in the British Journal of General Practice has found.…
Secukinumab and adalimumab comparable for first-line psoriatic arthritis treatment Biological therapies secukinumab and adalimumab are similarly effective at improving the musculoskeletal symptoms of psoriatic arthritis, a head-to-head trial suggests.…
How The Pharmaceutical Journal will support pharmacy teams through the COVID-19 pandemic As all sectors of pharmacy are being put under immense pressure to maintain patient care, Tony Scully writes to reassure readers that we are doing everything we can to deliver supportive, up-to-date content.…
RPS backs regulator’s guidance on buying medicines online The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is one of nine healthcare bodies backing new General Pharmaceutical Council guidance for patients ordering medicines or treatment online.…
Pharmacy support needed early on in hospital stay for medication-related problems Patients in hospital need pharmacy input early on in their stay for medication-related problems, a study in the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice has found.…
A day in the life of a chronic pain pharmacist Once developed, chronic pain can last a lifetime, but Peter Farley, a chronic pain pharmacist, believes that there is scope to mitigate this.…