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Making best use of restricted aseptic compounding capacity

18 September 2018The NHS is experiencing considerable challenges regarding the supply of aseptically prepared injectable medicines. This communication from NPSG advises all NHS customers of commercial aseptic…

Preparation of injectable medicines at the ITU bedside and COVID-19: quick reference guides

17 April 2020Staff working in ICU during the Covid-19 emergency may need to prepare unfamiliar injectable medicines at the patient’s bedside. The set of cards has been…

Options for the Provision of Ready to Administer IVs to Support Clinical Areas – COVID-19

16 April 2020The Covid-19 crisis has generated an unprecedented demand for injectable medicines in ICU’s. These medicines are routinely prepared and administered by nursing staff, but the…

Ambient storage of refrigerated ITU medicines during COVID-19

30 April 2020Information to support the storage of refrigerated ITU medicines outside a fridge in appropriate situations.

Suitability of BBraun NRFit Lock Syringes with BBraun NRFit Syringe Caps for storage of injectable medicines

20 January 2020The NHS Pharmaceutical Aseptic Services Group published its requirements for the introduction of NRFit neuraxial syringes and caps for the purposes of drug storage on…

Administration of depot antipsychotic injections during COVID-19 in stable adult patients

16 April 2020This page gives advice on the administration of depot antipsychotic injections during COVID-19

Rapid Over Infusion of Parenteral Nutrition

18 April 2019The national patient safety team have issued an update to Patient Safety Alert NHS/PSA/W/2017/005 – Risk of severe harm and death from infusing total parenteral…

Multiple Use of Injectable Medicines in Clinical Areas V 02 February 2020

19 December 2019This 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.…

Products in use intrathecally – Version 3 (January 2019)

6 November 2020The table is a compilation of products in-use intrathecally within the NHS. This was originally compiled in December 2014 and was updated in January 2019…

Preparation of injectable medicines in clinical areas: quick reference guides

27 July 2020Occasionally staff may need to prepare unfamiliar injectable medicines at the patient’s bedside. These cards have been produced and validated by SPS quality assurance professionals.…