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Using oral or parenteral corticosteroids during breastfeeding

17 July 2023Corticosteroids can be used during breastfeeding. Use the lowest dose and duration possible. Recommendations apply to full term, healthy infants only.

Submitting iQAAPS Quality Indicators (QIs)

13 April 2023Guidance for Accountable Pharmacists on submission of Quality Indicators (QI) for NHS Section 10 aseptic preparation activities using the iQAAPS system.

Using strong opioid analgesics during breastfeeding

26 May 2023Morphine is the strong opioid analgesic of choice for treating pain in breastfeeding. Recommendations apply to full term and healthy infants only.

Managing PGDs following organisational change

3 February 2022Advice on the management of PGDs when organisations merge, cease to exist or services are transferred to a new provider to ensure safe care and good governance

Product Risk Assessment Tools

15 March 2016Product risk assessment tools to support NHS organisations to identify risk resultant from medicinal product presentation.

Computer Systems Validation (Yellow Cover)

29 July 2013This document is based on the North West Guidance Document on Computer Systems Validation. The Orange Guide 2002 Annex 11 introduced a requirement for validation…

Repacking and over-labelling small batches of medicines

1 October 2020Smaller packs of licensed medicines can be produced for clinics and departments by their hospital pharmacy, under pharmacist supervision in accordance with GMP

(ATMPs)-The Role of Pharmacy in the Successful Delivery of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products Information for Chief Pharmacists

7 August 2017Advice for Chief Pharmacists on Governance arrangements to ensure that ATMPs are of suitable quality and safe to use.

Guidance on Definition of Supervision under Section 10 Aseptic Preparation Activities, 3rd Edition, Sep 2019 (Yellow Cover)

3 September 2019The NHS Aseptic Services Accreditation Working Group, working closely with the South West Product Approval Accreditation Programme have developed and published a definition of Supervision…

Risk Associated with the Outsourcing of the Aseptic Compounding of Parenteral Nutrition (Yellow Cover)

16 December 2016The purpose of this document is to give guidance to those outsourcing PN compounding on the risks in the outsourcing and supply process and to…
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