Comment 106 |
The watershed — an opportunity to put things right? 106
By Alison B Ewing, FRPharmS
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News and research update 107-109 |
News summary 107-109
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-Assess risk of injectables in
all clinical areas, NPSA tells trusts
-Safety alliance launched in Scotland
-No hospital pharmacists stood for election to Royal Pharmaceutical
Society's Council
-Leaflets about drugs not values by patients
-Public unaware of walk-in centre services for accidents
-Doctors view independent prescribing as a step too far
-More neonatal error report studies needed
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Special feature: Hypertension 111-125 |
Life-long learning
Hypertension — clinical features and investigations 111-116
Hypertension is one of the most common diseases in
the world and is an important risk factor for coronary events. This article,
the first in a special feature, will describe the current classification of hypertension,
its clinical features and the role of lifestyle modifications in treating the
disease
Hospital Pharmacist 2007;14:111-116
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Hypertension — pharmacological management 119-125
This article describes the mode of action of drugs
used in the treatment of hypertension, their side effects and factors to consider
in special patient groups. Recent guidelines from the National Institute for
Health and Clinical Excellence are also described
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Careers 127-128 |
Careers
Working as part of a British Heart Foundation multidisciplinary team 127-128
By Russell Parsons, MRPharmS
Heart failure is a complex syndrome and a multidisciplinary
approach to its management is advocated. This article describes the role of a
pharmacist who, together with a nurse, delivers a heart failure service to patients
in Northampton
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Articles 130-132 |
Monitoring aseptic units — a microbiology audit tool 130-132
By Robert Lowe, BPharm, MRPharmS
Pharmacy aseptic units should monitor the quality of services provided to them by external suppliers. This article describes an audit tool developed by one hospital manufacturing unit that has been used to confirm the reliability of environmental monitoring carried out by an external laboratory
Hospital Pharmacist 2007;14:130-132
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Meetings 134 |
European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
Safe handling of genetic materials 134
How can hospital pharmacists ensure that their departments are ready to handle
genetic materials? This was a subject discussed at the 12th EAHP congress. Hannah
Pike reports
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Papers 135-138 |
How much medicine is prescribed for the side effects of psychotropics? 135-138
By Maria McIntyre, BPharm, MRPharmS, and Camilla Haw, MRCP, MRCPsych
OBJECTIVE — To examine the nature and frequency of
medicines prescribed to forensic and rehabilitation inpatients to manage the
side effects of psychotropic medicines
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Focus on technicians 139-140 |
Focus on technicians
A role in drug development — work of a clinical trials technician 139-140
By Rachel Graham
Many clinical trials are performed in UK hospitals
and technicians are becoming increasingly involved in their day-to-day organisation.
This article, based on an interview with Nicola Bowles from Guy’s Hospital,
London, describes the work of a clinical trials pharmacy technician
Hospital Pharmacist 2007;14:139-140
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Life-long learning 125,
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Life-long learning
QUESTIONS: Hypertension 141-142
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ANSWERS: Poisoning 125
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ANSWERS: Statistical analysis 141
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