Prescribing errors in general practice

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA, 2014) defines a medication error as: ‘a patient safety incident where there has been an error in the process of prescribing, preparing,...

Poisoning with homemade remedies: answers

Given that dried leaves may contain up to 0.225%w/w digoxin (ToxBase, no date) calculate the theoretical maximum amount of digoxin in the dried leaves. N.B. 1 dram = 1.77 g. .

Treating those requiring anticoagulation during the COVID-19 pandemic

However, keeping hospital visits to a minimum has required other changes too. In March 2020, NHS England (2020) quickly devised a plan to switch patients who have previously had a blood clot and were...

The use of pine in a healthcare environment

Considered the largest genus of conifers, Pinus (Pinaceae) includes more than 100 different species (Dziedziński et al, 2021), and Hickman (2021) explains that the creation of the town of Bournemouth,...

Avoidance of drug errors between hospital and home

Mrs Smith, aged 47, is discharged from hospital following abdominal surgery for advanced bowel cancer. Her discharge medications include: Co-codamol 30/500 mg tablets, 2 tablets QDS as required..

Personalisation of DAPT: from ‘bench’ to bedside

Given the ever-increasing body of evidence and availability of scoring systems, the authors aimed to assess if the personalisation of DAPT was being translated into clinical practice. A single centre...

An evaluation of opioid use during acute hospital admissions

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Avoidance of drug errors between hospital and home: answers

a. Assuming Mrs. Smith takes the maximum dose of 8 tablets in any 24-hr period, how many tablets need to be prescribed to ensure she has sufficient pain relief for 2 weeks? .

Setting up a drug treatment service in a COVID-protect hotel in inner London

The hotel was a five-storey building in one of the borough's more affluent areas. Core staff continued to work at the hotel, including domestic and reception staff. Initially catering was outsourced...

A case of decency

Hello and happy new year from the Journal of Prescribing Practice (JPrP). I'm sure for many that sentiment feels like a stretch this year. Last year we had the hope of the COVID-19 vaccination program...

Drug updates: January

Around 1500 people in England with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic condition, will benefit from a new medicine after The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) released...

Drug breakdown: Nystatin

Day 1: Discovered via painstaking screening of soil samples in 1950 by Elizabeth Lee Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown, #nystatin is a mixture of antifungal polyenes derived from the bacteria Streptomyces...

A challenging winter lies ahead of us

Drug updates: December

Draft guidance, published on the 18 November, is the first time NICE has made recommendations about the use of an HIV treatment since these came under NICE's remit in 2019. It is estimated that...