The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7275 p671
15 November 2003

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Potassium chloride reminder

NHS trusts in England and Wales have been asked to tell the National Patient Safety Agency about any practical impediments to full implementation of new controls over the use of concentrated potassium chloride solutions. The agency has also asked for views on a range of five potassium chloride infusions intended to minimise the need for ampoules of the concentrate. In July 2002, the NPSA said that supplies of ampoules of potassium chloride concentrate should be recorded in the same way as Controlled Drugs (PJ, 27 July 2002, p122).