| Comment 106
Where now? What next? — for the antimicrobial pharmacy initiative 106
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News 109-110
News summary 109-110
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• Consultation begins on Section 60 Order of the Health Act 1999 109
• New guidance on CDs published 109
• New UK and Europe-wide initiatives to combat antibiotic resistance
launched 110
• Pharmacist counselling can reduce adverse drug events, research says 110
• Administrative burden on NHS to be tackled 110
Special feature: Anxiety disorders 113-122
Life-long learning
— disease and non-drug treatment 113-116
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— pharmacological management 119-122
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Careers 125-127
Careers
Obtaining a US pharmacist licence — a personal experience 125-127
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By Sara Barrow, MRPharmS
When the opportunity to live in the US arose, UK-trained
hospital pharmacist, Sara Barrow, was keen to take it. This article sets out
her experiences of obtaining a licence to practise pharmacy in the state of
Washington
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Articles 128-132
The safe preparation of injections in near-patient areas 128-130
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By Alistair Millar, PhD, FRPharmS, Dorothy Hughes, MSc, MRPharmS, Sheena Kerr,
MSc, MRPharmS,
Elaine Duncan BSc, RGN, and Michael Logan, MBChB, FRCA
Practice advice on the safe preparation of injections
in near-patient areas has been published by the Scottish Executive. This article
looks at arrangements that have been introduced in Edinburgh’s acute hospitals
to comply with the guidance
A web-based pharmacy to microbiology referral system 131-132
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By Hayley Wickens, PhD, MRPharmS, and Rebecca Robson, MRPharmS,
CertClinPharm and Tim Griffiths, MRPharmS
With issues such as resistance and cost-effectiveness,
antibiotic prescribing is an area where pharmacists can provide valuable input.
This article describes the implementation of a web-based pharmacy referral system
at St Mary’s NHS Trust
Papers 133-136
Using defined daily doses to study the use of antibacterials in UK hospitals 133-136
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By Benjamin Pelle, Mark Gilchrist, MPharm, MPharmS, Wendy Lawson, BSc, MRPharmS,
Ann Jacklin, BSc, MRPharmS, and Bryony Dean Franklin,PhD, MRPharmS
OBJECTIVE — To explore the feasibility of using
defined daily doses (DDDs) to measure antibacterial consumption in a UK hospital
and identify the methodological issues encountered
Meetings 137-138
Reports
European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
Electronic solution to intervention monitoring aids clinical governance 137-138
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Quality and medication safety was the theme of the
EAHP congress. Harriet Adcock reports
Focus on technicians 139-140
Focus on technicians
Emergency department — a role for pharmacy technicians 139-140
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Amanda Buglass is the first pharmacy technician to
take on the role of medicines management technician in the emergency department
at the Whittington Hospital. In this article she describes how she has developed
the role and the benefits it has brought to the department
Life-long learning 141-142
Life-long learning
Anxiety disorders 141-142
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