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Evaluation of resources for effective decision-making about drug manipulation
  1. Vera Damuzzo1,
  2. Adriana Brusegan1,
  3. Anna Bin2,
  4. Nicola Realdon1,
  5. Susanna Zardo2
  1. 1School of Hospital Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Veneto, Italy
  2. 2Territorial Pharmaceutical Assistance, Azienda ULSS 3 Serenissima, Venezia, Veneto, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Vera Damuzzo, School of Hospital Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Veneto, Italy; vdamuzzo{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2024-004110

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    Physicians, pharmacists and nurses often take care of patients with dysphagia, swallowing impairment or declined cognitive function.1 Previous studies have shown that patients with swallowing difficulties of any grade and cause are more likely to experience medication errors.2 Moreover, difficulties in administering oral medications may cause the reduction of treatment adherence and the mishandling of drugs may expose patients and caregivers to potentially harmful consequences.3 Healthcare workers must be guided in their decision-making process prior to the administration of drugs, especially when dealing with this type of patient. Following the experience gained in a nursing home in the Venetian area of Italy, we outline an innovative method to guide the manipulation of Solid pharmaceutical Forms for …

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    • Contributors Design of the study: VD, SZ. Planning of the study: AnB and VD. Acquisition of the data and analysis: VD and AdB. Preparation of the manuscript: AdB, AnB and VD. Interpretation of the data, revision of the method and of the manuscript: SZ and NR.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.