Comment 154 |
Co-payment schemes — when patients pay for high cost drugs 154
By Steve Williamson, MSc Onc, MRPharmS
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News and research update 157-158 |
News summary 157-158
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-Profession must work together
to deliver White Paper goals
-NHS workers are not feeling valued
-Health staff transfer MRSA to patients
-IV guidelines for cystic fibrosis are inadequate
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Special feature: Pharmacogenetics 159-173 |
Life-long learning
Pharmacogenetics — background and future potential 159-164
Individual variation in response to drugs is a substantial
clinical problem. Genetic makeup contributes to this variation. This article
describes the underlying principles of pharmacogenetics and the potential of
pharmacogenetic testing
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Pharmacogenetics — current applications 167-173
Pharmacogenetics is already starting to impact on
modern healthcare. The safety and effectiveness of several drugs can be improved
by using genetic profiling. This article discusses how far pharmacogenetic testing
has come towards being used in routine clinical practice
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Careers 175-177 |
Careers
Education and training — a professional development framework 175-177
By Helen Middleton, MRPharmS, Susan Sanders, MRPharmS, Maria Christou, MRPharmS,
Sally Lau, MRPharmS,and Julie Sowter, MRPharmS
A professional development framework, for the benefit
of the pharmacy workforce with roles in education, training and workforce development,
will be launched
this month. This article describes the
rationale for developing the
framework and its use in practice
Hospital Pharmacist 2008;15:175-177
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Articles 179-182 |
Effective collaboration between doctors and pharmacists 179-182
By Sandeep Nijjer, MPharm, MRPharmS, Jasdeep Gill, MB ChB, and Sukhjinder
Nijjer, MB ChB, MRCP
Although greater collaboration between healthcare
professions has been widely advocated, little has yet been done to improve doctor-pharmacist
relationships in UK hospitals. This article suggests actions that organisations
and individuals might take to promote collaboration
Hospital Pharmacist 2008;15:179-182
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Papers 183-185 |
Improving the stability of potassium clavulanate in admixture with amoxicillin 183-185
By Elena M. Vega, BSc, PhD, Ruben H. Manzo, BSc, PhD and Nancy Sola,
BSc, PhD
OBJECTIVE - To improve the shelf-life of the intravenous
solution of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid, by lowering the pH to an extent
that does not affect the solubility of amoxicillin
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Focus on technicians 187-188 |
Focus on technicians
Homecare medicines — managing the performance of suppliers 187-188
Over the past decade, the number of patients receiving
medicines services at home has increased dramatically. Although homecare services
are often outsourced, the need for ensuring quality of service should not be
ignored by the NHS
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Life-long learning 189-190 |
Life-long learning
QUESTIONS: Pharmacogenetics 190
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