Fernandez-Llimos, Fernando Desselle, Shane Stewart, Derek Garcia-Cardenas, Victoria Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din Bond, Christine Dago, Ana Jacobsen, Ramune Nørgaard, Lotte Stig Polidori, Carlo
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences embrace a series of different disciplines. Pharmacy practice has been defined as 'the scientific discipline that studies the different aspects of the practice of pharmacy and its impact on healthcare systems, medicine use, and patient care'. Thus, pharmacy practice studies embrace both clinical pharmacy and soci...
Flornoy-Guédon, Audrey Fonzo-Christe, Caroline Meier, Emy Gazengel-Marchand, Marianne Francois, Olivia Gschwind, Liliane Bonnabry, Pascal
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
The role of the pharmacy technician (PT) has expanded in recent years, requiring new competencies, better communications skills and high-level knowledge about drugs. The objective of this study is to develop and evaluate a blended learning programme for PTs' continuing professional development. A blended learning programme designed to enhance knowl...
Bai, Jing Wen, Aiping Li, Zhe Li, Xingang Duan, Meili
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
The objective of this study was to explore factors that affect the clearance of imipenem in critically ill patients and to provide a dosing regimen for such patients. A prospective open-label study enrolled 51 critically ill patients with sepsis. Patients were between the ages of 18 and 96. Blood samples were collected in duplicate before (0 hour) ...
Atwoli, Lukoye H Baqui, Abdullah Benfield, Thomas Bosurgi, Raffaella Godlee, Fiona Hancocks, Stephen Horton, Richard Laybourn-Langton, Laurie Monteiro, Carlos Augusto Norman, Ian
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
Garnier, Alexandra Dubs, Christian Haerder, Clemens Bonnabry, Pascal Bouchoud, Lucie
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
Adherence to handwashing, handrub and gloving procedures is mandatory for safe, aseptic drug compounding in hospital pharmacies. This study measured participants' satisfaction and effectiveness of a game-based training tool (Handtastic Box) developed to improve adherence. Handtastic Boxes were played by pairs of pharmacy operators (introductory vid...
Larcombe, Rebecca Coulthard, Kingsley Eaton, Vaughn Tai, Andrew Reuter, Stephanie Ward, Michael
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
Sophisticated scientific methods have facilitated dose individualisation with substantial advancements in therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) practice. It is unclear whether these methods have translated to the clinical setting. This study aimed to determine current TDM practice for tobramycin monitoring in cystic fibrosis (CF) centres in the USA and...
Stalder, Thomas Andre, Claire Ben Mahi, Maurad Lethier, Lydie Limat, Samuel Legat, Christine Guillaume, Yves
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
Dose banding (DB) was used to optimise the individualisation of patient treatments with gemcitabine (Gem) in order to improve workload planning at the pharmacy of the University Hospital Centre of Besançon (UHCB). A new simple and fast high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was also developed for the quantification of Gem without dil...
Kelleci Cakir, Burcu Aydın, Ahmet Yılmaz, Mustafa Bayraktar-Ekincioglu, Aygin
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
Optimal perioperative success in cardiac surgery requires precise management of drug treatment. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, types and associated factors of drug-related problems (DRPs) during the entire hospital stay. A prospective observational study was conducted at the department of cardiovascular surgery in a university hospit...
Pirot, Charlotte Peyronnet, Damien Vigne, Jonathan
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
In the context of a supply disruption of mebrofenin (Cholediam)-based kits for radiolabelling with technetium-99m [99mTc], the medicine agencies allowed the importation of a back-up radiopharmaceutical diagnostic agent, etifenin (Techida), to ensure continuous management of patients with hepatobiliary disorders in nuclear medicine departments. Ther...
van den Berg, Roland B Akgöl, Kübra Swart, Eleonora L Nuijen, Bastiaan Crul, Mirjam
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European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice
The closure integrity and process validation of closed system transfer devices (CSTDs) should be confirmed before implementation in clinical settings. We aimed to investigate the closure integrity and validate the aseptic procedure of two types of CSTDs by using a combination of the dye ingress test and a media fill test. The dye ingress test with ...
