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'Guidelines for the safe and secure handling of medicines' - the 'Duthie' Report
17 September 2004
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The ‘Guidelines for the Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines’ was a report written by a Joint Subcommittee of the Standing Medical, Nursing and Midwifery,…
Positional Statement by the NHSPQA Committee PIC/S Guide to Good Practices for the Preparation of Medicinal Products In Healthcare Establishments 1st edition (Yellow Cover)
25 May 2010
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The PIC/S ‘Guide to Good Practices for the Preparation of Medicinal Products in Healthcare Establishments’ (PE 010-03) could be used to support the important role…
Guidance for the Purchase and Supply of Unlicensed Medicinal Products Notes for Prescribers and Pharmacists (Yellow Cover)
29 July 2013
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Recommendations to prescribers and pharmacists involved in the use or procurement of unlicensed medicines and guidance on the assessment of their quality
Generic audit tool: Safe and secure handling of medicines
11 September 2013
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A generic template is provided to assist the process of auditing safe and secure handling of medicines practices
Product Risk Assessment Tools
15 March 2016
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Product risk assessment tools to support NHS organisations to identify risk resultant from medicinal product presentation.
Guidance on Handling of Injectable Cytotoxic Drugs in Clinical Areas in in NHS Hospitals in the UK (Yellow Cover) Edition 1 July 2018
31 July 2018
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Intended audience: This document is intended as a reference and source of information to the following audiences: Nursing staff who handle cytotoxic chemotherapy (Oncology /…
Regional Medicines Optimisation Committee Antidotes Advisory Statement
17 June 2019
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The RMOC recommendation is in the process of being revised to reflect the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)/National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) 2021 updated…
National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) Homecare Risk Assessment
10 December 2019
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To support organisations in establishing a robust risk assessment process for new homecare medicines services the NHMC has developed a tool for local use. …
Multiple Use of Injectable Medicines in Clinical Areas V 02 February 2020
19 December 2019
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This document is intended for multi-professional clinical practitioners to use as a reference and source of information for the prescribing, reconstituting or administering injectable medicines.…
Off-label or unlicensed product use under HMR 2012 exemptions
8 January 2020
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A legal position summary regarding the sale, supply or administration of off-label/unlicensed products under Schedule 17 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012
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