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Research

Survey

• Survey: EAHP survey 2010 on hospital pharmacy in Europe: parts 4 and 5. Clinical services and patient safety (20 February, 2013)

  Roberto Frontini, Tajda Miharija-Gala, Juraj Sykora

Original articles

• Original article: Switching to different generic medicines: a checklist for safety issues (4 October, 2012)

  Matthijs L Becker, Asmar F Y Al Hadithy, Patricia M L A van den Bemt, Nicole G M Hunfeld
• Original article: Introducing an adverse drug event manager (20 February, 2013)

  Anders Rune Lander, Thalia Marie Blicher, Espen Jimenez-Solem, Maria Jespersen, Jens Peter Kampmann, Hanne Rolighed Christensen
• Original article: Perceptions of safety culture in hospital pharmacy: how safe do we think we are? (26 October, 2012)

  Tim Garrett, Barrie Stokes, Jo-anne Brien
• Original article: Influence of co-medication on the risk of clinically relevant drug interactions in patients with HIV (10 January, 2013)

  Yolanda Borrego Izquierdo, Patricia Monje Agudo, Ángel Albacete Ramírez, Cecilia Inés Labriola, Carmen Almeida González, Ramón Morillo Verdugo
• Original article: Discrepancies requiring clarification in cancer patients: a risk predictive model (20 December, 2012)

  Triana González-Carrascosa Vega, Jesús Francisco Sierra-Sánchez, María José Martínez-Bautista, María Victoria Manzano Martín, Jose Manuel Baena Cañada, Irene Romero-Hernández
• Original article: Is there a place for qualitative research methods in pharmacy practice? (24 December, 2012) Free

  Antonella P Tonna, Ruth M Edwards
• Original article: Development of a standardised method to recommend protective measures to handle hazardous drugs in hospitals (12 December, 2012)

  Laure-Zoé Kaestli, Caroline Fonzo-Christe, Chantal Bonfillon, Jules Desmeules, Pascal Bonnabry
• Original article: Drug use evaluation of dabigatran in a tertiary care hospital in United Arab Emirates (20 December, 2012)

  Sahar Hussain, Nicole Gebran, Kosar Hussain, Karem Soliman
• Original article: In vitro compatibility of various cardioactive drugs during simulated Y-site administration (10 January, 2013)

  Valia Humbert-Delaloye, Markoulina Berger-Gryllaki, Pierre Voirol, Laurent Gattlen, André Pannatier
• Original article: Optimisation of thawing conditions for solutions of cefuroxime in pre-filled syringes for intracameral injection to avoid a concentration gradient (16 October, 2012)

  Hélène Viart, Régis Cueff, Colette Breysse, Daniel Bourdeaux, Frédéric Chiambaretta, Jean Chopineau, Valérie Sautou

Short reports

• Short report: Palatability of oral paediatric antibiotics commonly prescribed in a Nigerian specialist hospital (22 August, 2012)

  Chukwuemeka Michael Ubaka, Obinna Patrick Udeogaranya, Nicholas Ezeugwu
• Short report: Are we using oxycodone appropriately? A utilisation review in a UK tertiary care centre (30 October, 2012)

  A Todd, A Husband, R Richardson, N Jassal, P Robson, I Andrew
• Short report: Effectiveness of urea in hyponatraemia secondary to heart failure and cirrhosis (5 January, 2013)

  S Belda-Rustarazo, A Samerón-García, C Gómez-Peña, J Sánchez-Ramos, J Cabeza-Barrera
• Short report: Centres of Excellence Course in Pharmacogenetics, 25–28 June 2012 (19 January, 2013)

  Cristina Lucía Dávila-Fajardo, Jesse J Swen, Tahar van der Straaten, Henk-Jan Guchelaar
• Short report: From responsible medicine use to complex patients: pharmacists take the lead (19 January, 2013)

  Myriah Lesko