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Medicines Information
The M.I. department within West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust provides the following range of services to health care professionals in both primary and secondary care and in certain circumstances to members of the public.
· A first line enquiry answering and advisory service on all aspects of drug use including:
- Adverse drug reactions
- Drug interactions
- Compatibilities of parenteral drugs
- Administration of IV solutions
- Dosing and frequency of medicines
- Safety of drugs in pregnancy/lactation
- Safety of drugs in impaired renal/hepatic function
- Administration of medication via enteral feeding tubes
- Identity of foreign drugs
· Support for the WSH clinical pharmacy service
· Education and training for pharmacy staff
· Support for the WSH Drug and Therapeutics Committee
· Maintenance of the WSH Intravenous handbook
· Provision of proactive information for both pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals
What Medicines Information cannot do
· Deal with questions about poisoning or overdoses. These must be referred to the UK National Poisons Information Service (see inside front cover of the BNF or Tel: 0870 600 6266).
· Provide information for students undertaking course work, projects or research.
