An antidote network in Spain, a tool to improve antidote availability in hospitals

According to Harnet et al,1 in the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the National Poisons Information Service have issued national guidance on the availability of antidotes in emergency departments.2 The guidance serves as a tool for improving timely availability of antidot...

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Published inEuropean journal of hospital pharmacy. Science and practice Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 123 - 124
Main Authors Aguilar-Salmerón, Raquel, Gispert-Ametller, Maria Angels, Fernández de Gamarra-Martínez, Edurne, Martínez-Sánchez, Lídia, García-Peláez, Milagros, Pi-Sala, Núria, Salgado-García, Emilio, Nogué-Xarau, Santiago
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 01.03.2023
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
BMJ Publishing Group
SeriesLetter
Subjects
Antidotes
CRITICAL CARE
Drug stores
Emergency medical care
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Emergency Service, Hospital
Hospitals
Information services
Loans
Patients
Pharmacy
PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL
PostScript
PUBLIC HEALTH
Spain
Supplies
Toxicology
Spain
United Kingdom > UK
PUBLIC HEALTH
CRITICAL CARE
Toxicology
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL
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Summary:According to Harnet et al,1 in the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the National Poisons Information Service have issued national guidance on the availability of antidotes in emergency departments.2 The guidance serves as a tool for improving timely availability of antidotes in hospitals to optimise how patients who have been poisoned are managed. [...]of this study, recommendations on improving the availability of antidotes in hospitals were published, according to their level of complexity.7 In 2015, a virtual Antidote Network of hospital pharmacy departments was created to address the problem in Catalonia and to improve communication. [...]it can improve the quality of care for patients who present at emergency departments for treatment of acute poisoning.
Bibliography:Letter
ISSN:2047-9956
2047-9964
DOI:10.1136/ejhpharm-2022-003328