Pharmacy First Services – Q&A
The new Pharmacy First Services in England enable community pharmacists to supply medicines, including antibiotics, for certain conditions without a prescription. The services have been carefully framed to… read more.
The new Pharmacy First Services in England enable community pharmacists to supply medicines, including antibiotics, for certain conditions without a prescription. The services have been carefully framed to… read more.
ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting – Highlights Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) caused an estimated five million deaths in 2019 and by 2050 this is likely to rise to 10 million… read more.
ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting – Highlights In November 2023 The Pharmacy Technician Society (TPTS) was launched under the wing of The American Society for Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)…. read more.
ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting – Highlights Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH is Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Executive Vice Dean, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of… read more.
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a method of creating a 3D object layer-by-layer using computer-created design. It has been used to produce personalised bone grafts and dental implants but… read more.
A randomised, cross-over study has demonstrated bioequivalence of the 3D printed tablets with one commercial formulation but there are still additional hurdles to overcome before 3D printing of… read more.
Semi-solid extrusion (SSE) technology for tablets involves printing from a syringe filled with a gel or paste. Healthy volunteers felt that the resulting tablets were no different from… read more.
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a method of creating a 3D object layer-by-layer using computer-created design. It has been used to produce personalised bone grafts and dental implants but… read more.
Neil Powell combines the roles of consultant antimicrobial pharmacist and clinical researcher at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro. In this series of short videos, he describes the… read more.
The work of a consultant antimicrobial pharmacist involves not only knowing about antimicrobial medicines but also understanding how people and organisations behave and collaborating with others to optimise… read more.
Implementation of penicillin allergy de-labelling calls for an understanding of the key barriers and enablers in healthcare systems – topics that the iNAAN and ALABAMA studies address, explains… read more.
The PALACE study showed that in people at low-risk of penicillin allergy, a direct oral challenge with penicillin was no less effective than standard allergy testing for determining… read more.