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Blasé about drug administration

British Journal of Nursing, 2009
The trouble with some tasks and procedures in nursing is that you get too used to them, and errors inevitably set in. No other area is as vulnerable to this as drug administration. A recent report from the National Patient Safety Agency highlighted that dozens of patients are killed every year by drug errors.
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Rectal Drug Administration

Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 1982
The human rectum represents a body cavity in which drugs can be easily introduced and retained and from which absorption is well possible. There are important therapeutic reasons why it is sometimes preferable to give a drug rectally rather than orally, e.g. in cases of nausea and vomiting.
A G, de Boer, F, Moolenaar, L G, de Leede, D D, Breimer   +3 more
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Drug administration

2009
Abstract Nurses undertake a range of roles in relation to medications, from independent prescribing (Department of Health (DH) 2006) and administering drugs, to monitoring for therapeutic effects and side effects. There are a number of issues and developments common to all routes of drug administration; these are considered in this ...
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Taking drug administration seriously

British Journal of Nursing, 2009
In the last edition of the BJN there was a short historical piece about a nurse who administered medications by the colour of the medicine. Even 100 years ago, this procedure was frowned upon, and nurses were expected to be more intelligent and safe in their practical work.
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Drug administration in custody

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine, 1999
This paper describes the system for drug administration to prisoners in custody which has been developed at U Division, Kilmarnock in Strathelyde. The protocols agreed by the police surgeons in the area are described. The system is relevant to all police surgeons in their daily work, particularly with the advent of general practice cooperatives and the
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Bronchodilator Drug Administration

American Review of Respiratory Disease, 1983
M T, Newhouse, M, Dolovich
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PAEDIATRIC DRUG THERAPY II—DRUG ADMINISTRATION ERRORS

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 1988
The incidence of drug administration errors was prospectively evaluated from 1098 drug administrations in 97 paediatric patients. The total incidence of errors was 12.9% in a previous study. An educational programme (lectures and a book on guidelines for drug administration) was offered to nurses in an attempt to decrease this error rate.
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Drug prescribing and drug administration

2020
Abstract Safe prescribing during pregnancy and lactation requires an understanding not only of the effects of a drug on the mother but also on the fetus or infant. Many mothers are prescribed at least one medicine with the potential for harmful effects on either the fetus or infant.
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Intraventricular Drug Administration

2019
Abstract The blood-brain barrier has a cerebroprotective purpose and prevents many drugs, organisms, and toxins from reaching brain tissue. However, some medications can enter the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) compartment by intrathecal (IT) or intraventricular drug injection.
William W. Horn, Benjamin L. Brown
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Antibody–drug conjugates: Smart chemotherapy delivery across tumor histologies

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022
Paolo Tarantino, Roberto Carmagnani Pestana, Shanu Modi   +2 more
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