💊10 reasons for the presence of pharmacy
professionals in #ICU
1️⃣ may improve patient & clinical outcomes
2️⃣ expertise in pharmacovigilance improves #ptsafety
3️⃣ medication optimisation
4️⃣ drug dosing in MOF & TDM
5️⃣ medication reconciliation at transitions of care
6️⃣ pharmacy technicians support nurses & contribute to sustainable healthcare
7️⃣ adequate drug delivery & stock supply
8️⃣ drug use research
9️⃣ education and delivery of evidence‑based pharmacotherapy
🔟 cost–benefit
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Ten reasons for the presence of pharmacy professionals in the intensive care unit

Two #MRI accidents several years apart, purportedly occurring in the same room at a hospital.

Question for you: How many ‘inconceivable’ accidents need to occur in the same facility before we recognize it as a pattern?

#MRIsafety #ptsafety #radiology

Strong work from an @uhbwNHS picket colleague. Couldn’t have put it better myself. #PayRestoration #DrRetention #PtSafety
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RT @SouthWestBMA
Best picket outfit? @TheBMA @BMASevernJDC @dr_emmacoombe #JuniorDoctorsStrike
https://twitter.com/SouthWestBMA/status/1635241992556015616
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I’ll step down from my #MRIsafety soapbox as soon as people stop doing things like this (and much, much worse)…
#MRI #radiology #patientsafety #ptsafety

Check out this week’s #PatientSafety research and news updates from the #AHRQ Patient Safety Network: https://psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/weekly-resource#view-weekly-issue

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A pesar de la cuestionable eficacia de la gabapentina para el manejo del dolor, su prescripción simultánea con opioides sigue en aumento en Estados Unidos.
La eficacia de la gabapentina para el dolor está cuestionada, pero sus efectos adversos están bien documentados
#SegPac
(JAMA Intern Med.) Trends in the Concurrent Prescription of Opioids and Gabapentin in the US, 2006 to 2018 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2798312 Online first #PtSafety
Trends in the Concurrent Prescription of Opioids and Gabapentin in the US

This cohort study examines trends in concurrent gabapentin and opioid prescribing in the US, overall and by prescriber, patient, and county characteristics, between 2006 and 2018.

Thank you, Chaundria, for the conversation about #MRIsafety!

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1747205/11711655

#MRI #radiology #ptsafety

How Safe Is MRI Really? Tobias Gilk MRI Safety Consultant - Let’s Chit Chat - Wellness & Travel

Originally trained as an architect, Tobias Gilk got involved in MRI safety (20+ years ago) when he was stunned at how little physical environment MRI safety standards there were (there are only slightly more, today). That interest wound up getting...

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A reminder that the reason we don't have meaningful MRI safety requirements at the point of care (federal, state, or accreditation) is that MRI doesn't use ionizing radiation and therefore is 1,000% free from harm (</sarcasm>)

#MRI #MRIsafety #ptsafety #radiology