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Include penicillin allergy history in medicines reconciliation to ensure accurate status, says RPS

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

They should then ensure that records are updated for any patients with a penicillin allergy label that have since successfully received penicillin without an allergic reaction. But once on someone’s medical record, the penicillin allergy label can remain for years without being questioned, they added.

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Prescribing shift for Pfizer’s Paxlovid expands access but draws questions

Pharmaceutical Technology

However, the American Medical Association (AMA) released a statement warning that while most patients benefit from Paxlovid, it is not for everyone. The US FDA has not announced any updates to Lagevrio’s label.

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The hospital pharmacy landscape in 2024

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Benefits are evident both in dispensing (for example, to count pills, label prescription vials, store drugs and integrate bar coding through automated dispensing cabinets, automated inventory management systems and pharmacy carousels) and in preparation (by automated workflow systems and compounding robotics for intravenous drugs).

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Cephalexin interactions to avoid

The Checkup by Singlecare

One still may benefit from knowing how alcohol, caffeine, probiotics, and certain medical conditions combine with the antibiotic. Cephalexin and alcohol Product labeling does not advise alcohol avoidance with cephalexin. Take an updated med list to every appointment and ensure it is reviewed compared to the office’s medical record.

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Sentinel Events Should Result In A Blameless Society — Not Make The Employee The Scapegoat

The Happy PharmD

In this particular case, the physician folded the medication order when he placed it in the nurse’s bin. The nurse transcribed the medication order on the patient’s (nurse’s) record system. The medication record system containing all the medications that the patient was taking was called the “kardex”.

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Scopolamine side effects and how to avoid them

The Checkup by Singlecare

However, a later study disproved the connection by looking at patients’ medical records. Scopolamine and seizures Some drug information sites list seizures as a possible serious side effect of scopolamine. This is based on one study that found a substantial increase in seizures in Medicaid patients.

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Pharmacogenetics: What pharmacists need to know

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

If these results can be integrated into a patient’s medical records, they can be used to inform the prescription of future medicines throughout that patient’s life. A 12-gene pharmacogenetic panel to prevent adverse drug reactions: An open-label, multicentre, controlled, cluster-randomised crossover implementation study.

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