Development of a tool for assessing the safe preparation of parenteral medicines in clinical environments

Source: Journal of Clinical Nursing, volume 19, issue 11-12, pages 1569-77

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Date of publication: June 2010

Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: To reduce risks to patients from medication error and microbiological contamination, a tool was developed to allow preparation of parenteral medicines to be scored for risk before being prepared in clinical areas.  Highest risk items are now targeted for transfer to pharmacy for preparation.  This work was adopted by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) and was subsequently issued as Patient Safety Alert 20 (Injectable Medicines).

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Length of publication: 9 pages

Sainsbury’s refuses to act as antiviral collection point

Source: Health Service Journal
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Date of publication: 24^th July 2009
Publication type: News item
In a nutshell: While most supermarkets have made their in-store pharmacies available as collection points for antiviral medicines during the H1N1 pandemic, Sainsburys has not.  Although national guidance states that “flu friends” rather than sick patients should collect anti-virals, a spokesman for Sainsbury’s said the chain did not want to “draw a lot of potentially unwell people into stores”.
Length of publication: Web page