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Comment 242
Hospital drug procurement — more a can of worms than a can of beans 242
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News 245-250
News summary 245-250
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• Medicines management review to be included in trust ratings 245
• SACAR publishes hospital
antimicrobial guideline template 245
• Critical care career pathway approved 246
• Good compliance with NPSA potassium alert 246
• Interim guidance published on hazardous waste regulations 248
• HPG supports devolution 248
• Preregistration trainees given AfC pay increase 248
• Monoclonals guidance published 250
Special feature: Glaucoma 251-262
Life-long learning
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the pathophysiology and diagnosis 251-254
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— pharmacological treatment 255-262
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Careers 263-264
Careers
A career as … an orthopaedic pharmacist 263-264
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By Rachel Graham
Changes in pharmacy practice seem likely to raise
the profile of some of the more specialist pharmacy careers. This article, based
on interviews with Ray Green and Gary Masterman at Wrightington Hospital, Lancashire,
describes the work of orthopaedic pharmacists and looks at how the role is set
to develop
Articles 265-272
Improving medicines management by the collaborative approach 265-266
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By Gill Harvey
The Medicines Management Collaborative, run by the
National Prescribing Centre, was extended to hospital trusts in 2004. This article
outlines how the collaborative works and reviews the experiences of the first
20 hospital trusts to become involved
A review of pluronic lecithin organogel as a topical and transdermal
drug delivery system 267-270
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By Sudaxshina Murdan
Pluronic lecithin organogel (PLO) is a new transdermal
drug delivery system into which drugs can be incorporated. This article reviews
PLO and the studies that have been performed
What do readers think about
the Hospital Pharmacist? 271-272
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By Gareth Jones
Hospital Pharmacist periodically asks its readers
what they think about the journal. A readership survey was sent out to all subscribers
with the March issue. This article outlines the results of the questionnaires
returned from over 540 pharmacists
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Drug reviews 273-274
Drug reviews
Ibuprofen for treating patent ductus arteriosus in neonates 273-274
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By Simon Keady and Fiona Maguire
The availability of a licensed formulation of intravenous
ibuprofen has resulted in it being considered for treating patent ductus arteriosus
in neonates. This article, part of an occasional feature of drug reviews, examines
the clinical evidence
Meetings 277-278
Reports
Procurement and Distribution Interest Group 277-278
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Guidelines 280
Hospital antimicrobial guidelines template published 280
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Focus on technicians 281-282
Focus on technicians
Re-defining hospital pharmacy roles in West Cumberland 281-282
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By Kathryn Carter, Christopher Brewer, Siobhan Brewer, Julie Trodden and Sandra
Purdy
Recruitment problems forced staff at the West Cumberland
Hospital to review the provision of their pharmacy service. This article reports
on the new service that has been developed to make better use of the skills of
pharmacists and technicians
Life-long learning 285-286
Life-long learning
Glaucoma 285-286
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