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Pharmacists need a formal feedback system for reporting medication
errors Hospital pharmacists need to establish routine and formal feedback systems
for reporting medication errors, according to Bryony Dean, director of the Academic Pharmacy
Unit at Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, London...[more]
Guild cautiously welcomes new NHS pay deal The Guild of
Healthcare Pharmacists is cautiously welcoming the new NHS pay deal proposed by the Secretary
of State for Health on 28 November 2002...[more]
Innovation and quality award presented to pharmacy team at Broomfield
Hospital The pharmacy team at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, has been chosen as
the overall winner of a new innovation and quality award scheme launched by Mid Essex Hospitals
Trust...[more]
Deaths from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection are
rising in England and Wales Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) seem to be an increasing cause of mortality in England and Wales,
say researchers from the Office for National Statistics and the Public Health Laboratory Service, London...[more]
Warning issued for use of propofol (Diprivan) prefilled syringes The
Medicines Control Agency has issued a "caution in use" warning for the use of propofol
(1 per cent and 2 per cent weight/volume) prefilled syringes (Diprivan)...[more]
NEWS IN BRIEF
From this year, Hospital Pharmacist will increase in frequency. Eleven issues will be
published annually instead of the former 10. Hospital Pharmacist will continue to publish
five Credit for Learning exercises per year, based upon special features. This year will also
see the introduction of a regular section focusing on the work of pharmacy technicians. |
