Antibiotics, 2022 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a threat to public health. Addressing unnecessary antibiotic use provides an opportunity to reduce antibiotic consumption and to slow AMR.
Kayla Hika +3 more
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An audit of Supplementary Prescribing within South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust [PDF]
, 2008 Results are presented from an audit of mental health nurses (MHNs) who have undertaken training in order to practise as supplementary prescribers as part of an evaluation of the development of non-medical prescribing (NMP) across South West Yorkshire ...
Hemingway, Steve +2 more
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Perceived causes of prescribing errors by junior doctors in hospital inpatients: a study from the PROTECT programme [PDF]
, 2012 <p>Introduction: Prescribing errors are a major cause of patient safety incidents. Understanding the underlying factors is essential in developing interventions to address this problem.
Maxwell, S. +26 more
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Rational prescribing, appropriate prescribing [PDF]
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2004 ‘I believe’, wrote Celsus in the proem to De Medicina, ‘that the art of medicine should be rational, drawing on evident causes.’ But rationality may not be enough. Consider prescribing. We all aspire to rational prescribing, forgetting perhaps that that is not the same as appropriate prescribing.
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Clinical Governing Non-Medical Prescribing in an NHS Trust: Issues for Consideration in Mental Health and Learning Disability [PDF]
, 2008 The Department of Health (2006a) assert that Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP) has provided patients with faster access to medicines, improved access to health services and made better use of health professionals’ skills since it’s inception over a decade ...
Mills, Val
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Statin Prescription Patterns and Associations with Subclinical Inflammation
Medicina, 2022 Background and Objectives: Statins have been extensively utilised in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) prevention and can inhibit inflammation.
Preetham Kadappu +5 more
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The effects of electronic prescribing on the quality of prescribing [PDF]
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2007 What is already known about this subject • Electronic prescribing has been shown to reduce prescribing errors in US hospitals.• However we know little about its effect on prescribing quality, or its effectiveness in UK hospitals where systems for medication prescribing and supply are very different.• Hospital pharmacists already review prescriptions ...
Donyai, P +4 more
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Indicators of prescribing quality in drug utilisation research: report of a European meeting (DURQUIM, 13-15 May 2004) [PDF]
, 2005 An invitational expert meeting on indicators of prescribing quality was held on 13-15 May 2004, bringing together-from 19 European countries, the US, Canada, and Australia-40 researchers specialized in the development and application of indicators.
Vander Stichele, R.H. +6 more
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Can social prescribing provide the missing link? [PDF]
, 2008 Background: The voluntary sector has long been recognised as making an important contribution to individual and community health. In the UK, however, the links between primary health care services and the voluntary and community sector are often ...
SOUTH, J +3 more
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Antimicrobial Prescribing in the Emergency Department; Who Is Calling the Shots?
Antibiotics, 2021 Objective: Inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing in the emergency department (ED) can lead to poor outcomes. It is unknown how often the prescribing clinician is guided by others, and whether prescriber factors affect appropriateness of prescribing ...
Laura M. Hamill +5 more
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