From Prescription Drugs to Natural Health Products: Medication Use in Canadian Infants.

Limited data exist on pharmaceutical product use by infants, although available data suggests higher prevalence of use among children under 12 months of age. We conducted a descriptive study of 3050 infants recruited in the CHILD Cohort Study, a prospective, multicenter, longitudinal cohort following children from pregnancy through childhood. Parents were surveyed for use of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and natural health products (NHPs, including homeopathic products and vitamins) at 3, 6, and 12 months after delivery.

Stability of Compounded Digoxin Solution 0.05 mg/mL for Injection.

In 2015, commercial pediatric digoxin injection 0.05 mg/mL was discontinued, leaving only one adult concentration (0.25 mg/mL) for injection on the Canadian market.

Discontinuation of paediatric injectable digoxin: A loss for optimal drug therapy in children.

In early 2015, the paediatric formulation of injectable digoxin (50 μg/mL) was discontinued in Canada. The only remaining injectable formulation is five times more concentrated. This recent event has major implications for paediatric hospitals all over the country.

Medication errors room: a simulation to assess the medical, nursing and pharmacy staffs' ability to identify errors related to the medication-use system.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: The medication-use system in hospitals is very complex. To improve the health professionals' awareness of the risks of errors related to the medication-use system, a simulation of medication errors was created. The main objective was to assess the medical, nursing and pharmacy staffs' ability to identify errors related to the medication-use system using a simulation.

Community pharmacists' knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards immunization in Quebec.

Objectives: To describe the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of Quebec's pharmacists towards immunization and determine their perceived barriers to pharmacist-led immunization.

Methods: The current study was a descriptive survey of pharmacists working in a community setting in Quebec. Pharmacists were randomly chosen from a list of Quebec's community pharmacies and were contacted by phone from January 17 to 25, 2013.

[Approach to upgrading pharmaceutical care: the example of immunization].

Aim: This article describes an approach to upgrading pharmaceutical care in healthcare facilities.

Methods: This is a descriptive study supporting the upgrade of pharmaceutical care in the field of immunization [blinded for review], in a 500-bed mother-child university hospital. Our approach consisted of 3 steps: (1) a review of the literature, (2) a description of the profile of the sector and (3) a description of upgrading of pharmacists' practices in immunization.

A medication reconciliation form and its impact on the medical record in a paediatric hospital.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of medication information available in medical charts before and after the implementation of a medication reconciliation form.

Patients And Methods: This study is a retrospective chart review of patients under 18 years who were taking two medications or more at home and were admitted to a paediatric hospital for more than 24 hours and discharged from a general paediatrics, infectious disease, gastroenterology or pneumology ward over two 20-week periods (pre- and post-implementation). Each week, 10 medical records were randomly chosen and reviewed.