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Choosing between oral vancomycin options
18 May 2021
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Mitigation Support patients to swallow capsules using
Medicines
for Children advice or our SPS advice
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Mitigation Support younger patients to swallow tablets using
Medicines
for Children advice or consider
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decision about the most appropriate course of action to take over retention and storage of pharmacy and
medicines
-related
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Microbiological Monitoring of Pharmacy Aseptic Facilities.pdf ·
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26 May 2010
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Many hospitals have PAUs, whose function is to prepare sterile
medicines
.
Authorising Independent Healthcare Provider (IHP) PGDs
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Legal authorisation of PGD The
Medicines
and Health Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has advised that where a
Tricyclics to other antidepressants: switching in adults
17 February 2023
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From all except clomipramine Direct switch A direct switch, i.e. stopping one
medicine
and then starting
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Homecare
ToR NHMC Standardisation Subgroup March 2018 ·
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5 April 2018
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NHMC National Homecare
Medicines
Committee Homecare Standardisation Group TERMS OF REFERENCE 1.
Guidance
Aseptic services
20170131 Matrix final with new blue deficiencies ·
1.09 MB
10 February 2017
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0 1 2 3 4 Complies / Negligible Minor Moderate Major Critical Current Injectables
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RMOC Shared Care Guidance - Live 1.0 - Appendix 5 - template shared care protocol ·
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19 March 2021
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Appendix 5: Template Shared Care Protocol (
Medicine
Name) for patients within (Service Name) 1.
Using the Medication Safety Update effectively
15 December 2022
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Medication Safety Update The SPS
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Advice Team gathers a summary of recent safe medication practice
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