Syringe Driver Survey Database migration to MedicinesComplete - January 2023

Syringe Driver Survey Database has moved to MedicinesComplete and is no longer available on palliativedrugs.com.

It has been renamed to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database and is now accessed through Drug Compatibility Checker.

Drug Compatibility Checker, through MedicinesComplete is a new tool providing essential compatibility knowledge to support the administration of injectable drugs combining published data and clinical practice reports.

Find out more about Drug Compatibility Checker:https://about.medicinescomplete.com/publication/drug-compatibility-checker/

If you have a subscription to Palliative Care Formulary through MedicinesComplete, you will have access to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database through Drug Compatibility Checker, at no charge through 2023. 

To contribute to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database please continue to submit a clinical practice report using palliativedrugs.com here: https://www.palliativedrugs.com/syringe-driver-database.html

To learn more about a subscription to the Palliative Care Formulary through MedicinesComplete, please contact us here: https://info.medicinescomplete.com/sales

If you have any questions regarding access to PCF’s Syringe Driver Database or would like to renew your subscription to Palliative Care Formulary, please contact pharmpress-support@rpharms.com.

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Nasogastric tube misplacement: continuing risk of death and severe harm

26th July 2016

A stage two-resources patient safety alert (NHS/PSA/RE/2016/006) has been issued to Trust boards to help support implementation of the previous alerts on this issue (see our news item December 2013). This follows 95 incidents reported between September 2011 and March 2016, where fluids or medication were introduced into the respiratory tract or pleura, despite three patient safety alerts issued on this subject during this time. A review highlighted problems with the organisational processes for implementing these previous alerts, therefore this resource alert is directed at trust boards (or their equivalent) and the processes that support clinical governance, not front-line staff.

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