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A TRIAL 24‐HOUR PHARMACY INTRAVENOUS ADDITIVE SERVICE IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL
Author(s) -
Hatton I.,
Barrett C. W.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2710
pISSN - 0269-4727
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2710.1979.tb00142.x
Subject(s) - pharmacy , medicine , service (business) , anesthesia , emergency medicine , nursing , business , marketing
Summary The problems of administering drugs by addition to intravenous infusions may be overcome in a number of ways. Some drugs may be injected slowly into the line of an intravenous infusion. Others may be provided as primary infusion solutions, or compounded by the Pharmacy as intravenous admixtures i.e. by providing a Pharmacy Intravenous Additive Service. This paper describes the introduction of a range of primary infusion solutions and a trial 24‐hour Pharmacy Intravenous Additive Service. The place of such a service within the context of a total pharmacy service is discussed.