References

British National Formulary. Atopic eczema in under 12s. 2013. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs44/chapter/Quality-statement-4-Provision-of-emollients

National Insitute for Health and Care Excellence. Atopic eczema in under 12s. 2013. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs44/chapter/Quality-statement-4-Provision-of-emollients (accessed 2 September 2020)

National Eczema Society. Emollient prescribing for eczema: information for patients. 2018. https://eczema.org/wp-content/uploads/Emollient-prescribing-guidance-for-patients-and-primary-care-prescribers.pdf (accessed 24 August 2020)

NHS Clinical Commissioners. Conditions for which over the counteritems should not routinely be prescribed in primary care: Guidance for CCGs. 2017. https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/otc-guidance-for-ccgs.pdf (accessed 24 August 2020)

Calculation Skills

Prescribing emollients

02 September 2020
Calculation Skills
02 September 2020
Volume 2 · Issue 9

It is important to encourage self care whenever possible (NHS England, 2018). Self care is recommended for mild dry skin and mild irritant dermatitis, however it is appropriate to prescribe emollients for long term conditions including eczema (National Insitute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), 2013; National Eczema Society, 2018).

The British National Formulary (BNF) (2020) suggests suitable quantities of dermatological preparations to be prescribed for specific areas of the body (Table 1).

Complete the table (Table 2) with the quantity of emollient to prescribe for eczema for one month

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