Manchester Royal infirmary's pharmacy department was shown producing total parenteral nutrition bags for premature neonates as part of the BBC television programme Maternity Hospital on February 1.
The 10-minute segment had two parts. In the first, Miss Layla Palmer, a pharmacy technician at Manchester Royal infirmary, described how she and her colleagues had to get gowned up to enter the department's aseptic production unit. She then explained how the prescription for each patient showed the quantities of ingredients needed. She was then shown assembling a TPN bag.
In the second part Mr Jeff Norman, the pharmacy department's aseptic services manager, was interviewed on the neonatal medical services ward at St Mary's hospital for children, Manchester. He described what was in each TPN bag, why they were given and highlighted the need for sterility to be maintained during production.

Mr Jeff Norman (right), pharmacy aseptic services manager, is interviewed on the neonatal medical ward