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Abstracts from the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG), 21st Annual Conference, 6–8 November 2015, UK

Oral presentations

• OP1: THE POTENTIAL FOR PHARMACISTS TO MANAGE CHILDREN ATTENDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS (17 August, 2016)

  David Terry, Konstantinos Petridis, Matt Aiello, Anthony Sinclair, Chi Huynh, Louis Mazard, Hirminder Ubhi, Alex Terry, Elizabeth Hughes
• OP2: CHANGING PRESCRIBING CULTURE – A FOCUS ON CODEINE POSTPARTUM (17 August, 2016)

  Noor Al-Adhami, Karen Whitfield, Angela North
• OP3: CREATING AND AUDITING A NEW ELECTRONIC CONTINUOUS INFUSION PRESCRIPTION CHART FOR A PAEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE UNIT (17 August, 2016)

  Emily Siu, Kalaimaran Sadasivam, Nanna Christiansen
• OP4: ASSESSING PHARMACEUTICAL CARE NEEDS OF PAEDIATRIC IN-PATIENTS: A TEAM BASED APPROACH (17 August, 2016)

  Adele Mott, Susan Kafka, Adam Sutherland
• OP5: THE SENSITIVITY OF THE PAEDIATRIC TRIAGE TOOL IN IDENTIFYING CARE ISSUES (17 August, 2016)

  Shahad Abbas
• OP6: ASSESSING THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A SPECIALIST PAEDIATRIC PHARMACIST AND PHYSIOTHERAPIST IN THE COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE CHILDHOOD ASTHMA OUTCOMES (17 August, 2016)

  Andrew Lilley, Leanne Turner
• OP7: OPTIMISATION OF PHARMACY CONTENT IN PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY AND HAEMATOLOGY CLINICAL TRIAL PROTOCOLS. EXPERIENCE OF CHEMOTHERAPY PHARMACY ADVISORY SERVICE (CPAS) FROM 2011 TO PRESENT (17 August, 2016)

  Rachel Greer, Sally Harvey
• OP8: USE OF PILL GLIDE TO ENCOURAGE TRANSITION FROM LIQUID TO SOLID DOSAGE FORMULATIONS (17 August, 2016)

  Ceri Gaskell
• OP9: A NATIONAL SURVEY TO IDENTIFY HOW DISPLACEMENT VALUE INFORMATION IS USED AND PRESENTED TO CLINICAL STAFF IN NHS HOSPITALS (17 August, 2016)

  Nanna Christiansen, Zinab Kehk, Susan Keeling, Bryony Dean

Poster presentations

• P2: AN AUDIT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE PAIN IN CHILDREN (17 August, 2016)

  Junndeep Sidhu, Neil Tickner
• P3: PROLONGED INFUSIONS OF KETAMINE AND IMPACT ON INFECTIONS AND WASTE (17 August, 2016)

  Joanne Wong, Adam Sutherland
• P4: HELPING PARENTS/CARERS TO GIVE MEDICINES TO CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL (17 August, 2016)

  Lauren Williams, Neil Caldwell, Elizabeth Collins
• P5: REVIEW OF INDEPENDENT NURSE PRESCRIBING IN A PAEDIATRIC CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CF) AND RESPIRATORY POPULATION (17 August, 2016)

  Gabis Chana, Michelle Tabberner, Wendy Nixon, Sue Frost, Leslie Barrett, Maya Desai, Lucy Paskin
• P6: AN AUDIT OF THE PAEDIATRIC EMPIRIC ANTI-INFECTIVE GUIDELINES AND ANTI-INFECTIVE DRUG DOSE TABLE FOR CHILDREN (17 August, 2016)

  Sanna Zaffar, Penny Fletcher
• P7: COMPARING ORAL PARACETAMOL DOSES IN PAEDIATRICS WITH THE NEW BNF-C DOSING (17 August, 2016)

  Nour Ajjan, Sian Shenton
• P8: COMPARISON OF HYDROCORTISONE 10 MG TABLETS: TABLET HARDNESS OPTIMISED FOR ADULT USE HAS NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR PAEDIATRIC USE (17 August, 2016)

  Sarina Saimbi, Valerie Madden, Heather Stirling, Asma Yahyouche, Hannah Batchelor
• P9: ASSESSMENT OF VANCOMYCIN CONCENTRATIONS IN SYRINGES PREPARED WITHIN A WARD SETTING (17 August, 2016)

  Sarina Saimbi, Hannah Batchelor, Louise Whitticase, Gemma Holder, Alison Bedford Russell
• P10: A STABILITY STUDY OF OMEPRAZOLE DILUTED IN SODIUM CHLORIDE FOR INTRAVENOUS INFUSION AND DISCUSSION REGARDING CURRENT PRACTICE IN UK PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS (17 August, 2016)

  Stephen Morris, Olivia Ellard
• P11: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF A NEWLY INTRODUCED ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING SYSTEM ACROSS A PAEDIATRIC DEPARTMENT – LESSONS LEARNED (17 August, 2016)

  Anastasia Tsyben, Nigel Gooding, Wilf Kelsall
• P12: AN AUDIT OF WHETHER PRESCRIBED DOSES ARE MEASURABLE ON THE GRADUATIONS OF ONE ORAL SYRINGE (17 August, 2016)

  Jigna Balsara, Penny Fletcher
• P13: THE ROLE OF THE PHARMACIST IN PAEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE (17 August, 2016)

  Jumana Khan, Sian Gaze, Stephen Tomlin
• P14: CHANGING INFUSION PRACTICE GENERATES SIGNIFICANT EFFICIENCIES IN NURSING TIME AND RESOURCE USAGE IN PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE (17 August, 2016)

  Adam Sutherland, Liz Jemmett, Rachael Barber
• P15: CLINICAL SUPERVISION – WHAT ABOUT THE SPECIALIST TRAINEES? (17 August, 2016)

  Andrew Taylor, Adam Sutherland
• P16: PN FOR CHILDREN – INFORMATION LEAFLET (17 August, 2016)

  Rebecca Riddell, Anthony Lewis, David Tuthill
• P17: EFFECT OF PASTEURISATION ON THE CONCENTRATIONS OF VITAMIN D COMPOUNDS IN DONOR BREAST MILK (17 August, 2016)

  Fabio Gomes, Nick Shaw, Karen Whitfield, Pieter Koorts, Helen McConachy, Amitha Hewavitharana
• P18: TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF THE PASTEURISATION PROCESS ON TRACE ELEMENTS IN DONOR BREAST MILK (17 August, 2016)

  Nor Mohd Taufek, David Cartwright, Amitha Hewavitharana, Pieter Koorts, Helen McConachy, Nick Shaw, Karen Whitfield, Mark Davies
• P19: EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF DELIVERING INTRAVENOUS OPIOIDS INFUSIONS IN A UK PAEDIATRIC HOSPITAL (17 August, 2016)

  Asia N Rashed, Stephen Tomlin
• P20: A REVIEW OF THE USE OF CALCIUM LIQUID VERSUS CALCIUM TABLETS FOR MAINTAINING CORRECTED CALCIUM LEVELS (17 August, 2016)

  Diarmaid Semple, Moninne Howlett
• P21: THE APPROPRIATENESS OF USING AVERAGE DISPLACEMENT VALUES FOR PAEDIATRIC INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATIONS (17 August, 2016)

  Alice Lo, Nanna Christiansen, Husnain Bhatti
• P22: INTER-INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN THEOPHYLLINE CLEARANCE IN CHILDREN (17 August, 2016)

  Mohammed Altamimi, Imti Choonara, Helen Sammons
• P23: WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE REACHED IN ELASTOMERIC DEVICES UNDER SIMULATED OPAT CONDITIONS? (17 August, 2016)

  Susanna van Der Merwe, Helen Green
• P24: CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS: UNDERSTANDING ISSUES RELATED TO ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF LIQUID FLUCLOXACILLIN (17 August, 2016)

  Hannah Batchelor, Oli Rayner, Jessica Nickless, Mandy Wan, Kevin Southern, Claudia Rose
• P25: A REALLY WHEEZY WAY TO SAVE MONEY (17 August, 2016)

  Grace Li, Ofran Almossawi, Hasna Dulfeker, Vicky Jones, Felicity Taylor
• P26: INHALER COUNSELLING, THE REAL DEAL OR JUST FRESH AIR? (17 August, 2016)

  Richard Goodwin, Tiranvir Chander, Neha Shah, Steve Tomlin
• P27: AUDIT OF OXYGEN PRESCRIBING IN A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (17 August, 2016)

  Lucy Wheeler, Janet James, Sarah Byrne, Julian Forton
• P28: A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF HYPOTONIC HYPER-HYDRATION FLUIDS ON SODIUM BALANCE IN PAEDIATRIC HAEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY PATIENTS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY (17 August, 2016)

  Sinead Keane, Eileen Butler
• P29: RATES AND TYPES OF PRESCRIBING ERRORS AND RELATED INTERVENTIONS IN PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY (17 August, 2016)

  Claire Fosbrook
• P30: AUDIT OF PARACETAMOL PRESCRIPTIONS IN PAEDIATRIC SURGICAL PATIENTS (17 August, 2016)

  Rowena McArtney, Angharad Atkinson
• P31: DEVELOPMENT OF A ONCE DAILY GENTAMICIN REGIMEN FOR PAEDIATRIC SURGERY PATIENTS (17 August, 2016)

  Sumayya Kasuji, Prady Gadaria
• P32: IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION CHART FOR GENTAMICIN FOR NEONATAL UNITS AND POSTNATAL WARDS (17 August, 2016)

  Gareth Kitson
• P33: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM TO MONITOR, ASSESS AND FEEDBACK PRESCRIBING ERRORS IN PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE (17 August, 2016)

  Stephen Morris, Claire Rivett
• P34: CHILDREN'S WARFARIN CLINIC-AN AUDIT OF THE NEW PHARMACIST-LED TELEPHONE SERVICE BASED ON A UNIQUE COMPUTERISED SYSTEM COMPARED TO THE WARD BASED PAPER SYSTEM (17 August, 2016)

  Teresa Brooks, Jennifer Brown, Elaine Woolley
• P35: HOW WELL DO OUTPATIENT PRESCRIPTIONS ADHERE TO GOOD ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP? (17 August, 2016)

  Hirminder Ubhi, Mitul Patel, Lisa Ludwig
• P36: APPROPRIATE DOSE ROUNDING OF CYTOKINE MODULATORS FOR PAEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY INPATIENTS (17 August, 2016)

  Chris Paget
• P37: CAN THE '4 P'S OF PN' IMPROVE NEONATAL NUTRIENT INTAKE? (17 August, 2016)

  Zoe Lansdowne, Elizabeth Griffiths
• P38: MEDICATION REVIEW OF CHILDREN ON LONG TERM MEDICATIONS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE (17 August, 2016)

  Jeff Aston, Chi Huynh, Anthony Sinclair, Keith Wilson, David Terry
• P39: THE IMPACT OF FIXED CONCENTRATIONS SEDATION INFUSIONS ON FLUID OVERLOAD IN CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN (17 August, 2016)

  Adam Sutherland, Elizabeth Jemmett, Stephen Playfor
• P40: MELATONIN – WORKING IN COLLABERATION WITH THE CCG TO REDUCE COSTS (17 August, 2016)

  Helen Haley
• P41: IMPACT OF A COMPUTERISED OUTPATIENT PRESCRIPTION PRINTING SYSTEM (COPPS) ON MELATONIN PRESCRIBING IN A COMMUNITY CHILD HEALTH CLINIC (17 August, 2016)

  Liz Webb, Jum Skingle
• P42: TOLERABILITY OF PREDNISOLONE AND DEXAMETHASONE IN CHILDREN IN SAUDI ARABIA (17 August, 2016)

  Fahad Aljebab, Mofadhi Alanazi, Imti Choonara, Sharon Conroy
• P43: ASSESSING THE BENEFITS THAT COMMUNITY PHARMACIES CAN HAVE ON CHILDHOOD ASTHMA OUTCOMES (17 August, 2016)

  Andrew Lilley
• P44: PATIENT/CARERS' RECOLLECTION OF MEDICINES RELATED INFORMATION FROM AN OUT-PATIENT CLINIC APPOINTMENT (17 August, 2016)

  Jeff Aston, Natasha Patel, Justin Smuels, Teena Aujla, Georgia Malesi, Chi Huynh, Keith Wilson, David Terry
• P45: MEDICINES RECONCILIATION FOR PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS ON ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE (17 August, 2016)

  Maria Moss, Celine Bilbul, Jo Crook
• P46: MEDICATION MANAGEMENT OF THE EXTREMELY PREMATURE NEONATE – THE IMPACT OF A SPECIALIST PHARMACIST (17 August, 2016)

  Karen Whitfield, Claudia Barkeij, Angela North
• P47: AN AUDIT OF VANCOMYCIN PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS WHEN VANCOMYCIN IS ADMINISTERED BY CONTINUOUS INTRAVENOUS INFUSION IN NEONATES (17 August, 2016)

  Louise Whitticase, Gemma Holder, Matt Cawsey, Alison Bedford-Russell
• P1: AN AUDIT OF PAEDIATRIC VANCOMYCIN DOSING (17 August, 2016)

  Soomal Mohsin-Shaikh, Poonam Lumb
• P48: LONG-COURSE ORAL CORTICOSTEROID TOXICITY IN CHILDREN (17 August, 2016)

  Fahad Aljebab, Imti Choonara, Sharon Conroy
• P49: STARTING A NEW MEDICINE STUDY (17 August, 2016)

  Jeff Aston, Keith Wilson, David Terry
• P50: AN ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ALERTING SYSTEM-IMPROVING THE DISCHARGE MEDICINES PROCESS (17 August, 2016)

  Amanda Bevan, Niesh Patel
• P51: SETTING UP OF A HOMECARE SYSTEM FOR HIGH COST NEBULISERS IN A PAEDIATRIC CYSTIC FIBROSIS CENTRE (17 August, 2016)

  Veronica Chorro-Mari, Nanna Christiansen
• P52: TOLVAPTAN USE IN SEVERE NEONATAL AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE (ADPKD): THE PHARMACEUTICAL CHALLENGE (17 August, 2016)

  Kazeem Olalekan, Andy Fox, Rodney Gilbert
• P53: OPINIONS OF USERS OF PHARMACY SERVICE PROVIDED TO PICU (17 August, 2016)

  Rhian Isaac, Astrid Gerrard, Kevin Bazaz
• P54: DOES MORE SPECIALIST PHARMACIST TIME IN A CLINICAL AREA EQUAL MORE ACTIVITY? (17 August, 2016)

  Rhian Isaac, Astrid Gerrard, Kevin Bazaz
• P55: APPLICATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL KNOWLEDGE TO THE UNCONVENTIONAL USE OF A RARELY USED ANAESTHETIC AGENT (17 August, 2016)

  Caroline Cole
• P56: INTERVENTIONS MADE BY UK PHARMACISTS TO MINIMISE RISK FROM PAEDIATRIC PRESCRIBING ERRORS (17 August, 2016)

  Sattam Alenezi, Janine Abramson, Coral Smith, Helen Sammons, Sharon Conroy
• P57: USE OF TERIPARATIDE IN A FOUR YEAR OLD PATIENT WITH AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT HYPOCALCAEMIA (17 August, 2016)

  Andy Fox, Rodney Gilbert
• P58: AN AUDIT TO ASSESS THE TIMINGS OF TTAS AND INPATIENT ORDERS IN PAEDIATRICS; FROM WRITING, TO SCREENING, TO DISPENSING, AND TO LEAVING DISPENSARY (17 August, 2016)

  Ami Hale, Nanna Christiansen, Heather Calvert
• P59: PRESCRIBING AND MONITORING OF GENTAMICIN IN NEONATES (17 August, 2016)

  Nicola Staton
• P60: ONCE DAILY GENTAMICIN DOSE BANDING IN NEWBORNS WITH SIGNS OF EARLY ONSET OF NEONATAL SEPSIS (EONS), BASED ON INITIAL BIRTH WEIGHT AND GESTATIONAL AGE (17 August, 2016)

  Paul-Michael Windscheif, Rhoda Welsh, Laura Smith, Ian Nicoll, Mark Anthony
• P61: SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF IN-PATIENT MEDICATIONS: A PILOT STUDY IN CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS (17 August, 2016)

  Khola Khan, Aoife Harrington, Rupinder Pannu, Sian Bentley, Sukeshi Makhecha, Nimla Pentayya, Clare Pheasant
• P62: SERVICE EVALUATION OF A CYSTIC FIBROSIS HOME INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTIC SERVICE PROVIDED BY A NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (17 August, 2016)

  Lynn Elsey
• P63: PAEDIATRIC ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS (ADRS): A COMPARISON OF A NEWLY DEVELOPED AVOIDABILITY TOOL TO EXISTING HALLAS ASSESSMENTS (17 August, 2016)

  Louise Bracken, Jamie Kirkham, Anthony Nunn, Munir Pirmohamed, Matthew Peak, Mark Turner
• P64: PAEDIATRIC STANDARDISED CONCENTRATION INFUSIONS – A NATIONAL SOLUTION (17 August, 2016)

  Moninne Howlett, Michael Curtin, Dermot Doherty, Paula Gleeson, Michelle Sheerin, Cormac Breatnach
• P65: EVALUATION OF AN ELECTRONIC PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PICU) MEDICATION RECONCILIATION (MR) FORM (17 August, 2016)

  Diane Murray, Cathy Sedgeworth, Moira Kinnear, Lesley Diack
• P66: INVOLVING CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS IN RESEARCH DESIGN (17 August, 2016)

  Suzannah Hibberd