Changes since September 2015 Title Authors/ Publisher/ ISBN Edition (year) Est. Cost C or A Notes Pediatric and Neonatal Dosage Handbook (Pediatric Lexicomp) American Pharmacists Association (LexiComp Incorporated) ISBN: 9781591953494 22nd ££ A Change : new recommendation Handbook of Obstetric Medicine Nelson-Piercy, C ISBN: 9781482241921 5th 2015 £ A Change: new edition UpToDate Wolters Kluwer On-line See Notes A Change : new recommendation Natural Medicines Database Therapeutic Research Centre, Stockton, Canada On-line See notes A Change : no longer recommended as ‘Core’ UKMi Deal is no longer available, therefore increasing costs may not be sustainable for all Centres. Resources for Purchase by NHS MI Services Title Authors/ Publisher/ ISBN Edition (year) Est. Cost C or A Notes General AHFS Drug Information McEvoy, GK American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual Plus online See notes C *UKMi Deal* Online version accessed via MedicinesComplete. Hard copy is unreferenced. Martindale, the Complete Drug Reference Sweetman, S Pharmaceutical Press ISSN: 0263-5364 38th 2014 Plus online £££££ paper C *UKMi Deal* for electronic version only (via MedicinesComplete) Write Effectively Albert T. Radcliffe Publishing. ISBN: 1846191351 2008 £ A Useful if you are involved in a lot of bulletin writing. UpToDate Wolters Kluwer On-line £££££ See Notes A Useful for background information. Not to be used as a sole source of evidence. Access may already be available via employer.
Handbook on Injectable Drugs McEvoy, GK American Society of Health-System Pharmacists ISBN-13: 9781585284191 18th 2014 Plus online ££££ paper, online C Available via MedicinesComplete *UKMi deal* UCL Hospital Injectable Medicines Guide The UCLH Pharmacy Department Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 1405191929 3rd 2010 Plus online £ paper, C This is an alternative to the Injectable Medicines Guide. UCLH guide is available in paper, web and app formats (see for details). Injectable Drugs Guide Gray, A et al. Pharmaceutical Press ISBN 978 0 85369 787 9 1st 2011 Plus online £ A Available via MedicinesComplete. *UKMi deal* The Syringe Driver: Continuous Subcutaneous Infusions in Palliative Care Dickman A and Schneider J. Oxford University Press ISBN: 978019-9569724 3rd 2011 £ C Drug interactions Stockley’s Drug Interactions K, Preston CL. Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 9780857110619 10th 2013 Plus online ££££ paper, Online C Online access via MedicinesComplete *UKMi Deal* Epilepsy The Epilepsy Prescriber's Guide to Antiepileptic Drugs PN Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781107664661 2nd Ed 2013 Plus ebook £ A Monograph style covering the antiepileptic drugs. Also includes pregnancy and paediatric prescribing information. Also available as an Adobe ebook. Lactation At least two resources should be used for all lactation enquiries. Note, some resources include both pregnancy and lactation information See also list. Medications and Mothers’ Milk Hale & Rowe Hale publishing ISBN: 978-1939847386 16th 2014 plus online £ paper £ Online* (see ) C *Online access is preferable, as it is updated between published editions. However, a new paper edition, for a short period, may be the most version. Check both versions at this time if available. Alternatively, if unable to clarify information elsewhere, contact the specialist breast-feeding centres.
Drugs during Pregnancy and Lactation Schaefer, C et al. Academic Press Inc ISBN: 0124080782 3rd 2014 ££ A Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation Briggs, G et al Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins ISBN: 1451190824 10th 2014 plus online ££ £££* A Online also via , Register using access code inside front cover. NB: Internet Explorer 9 recommended to access online version. Firefox or Google Chrome are also suitable. Very limited information regarding drug use during breastfeeding. Quarterly updates are available via the online access (also integrated as part of the monograph content). Now also available via Medicines Complete *UKMi deal* Legal and ethical Dale and Applebe’s Pharmacy and Medicines Law Applebe, G & Wingfield, J Pharmaceutical Press ISBN: 9780853699897 10th 2013 Plus online £ C If held within pharmacy this is acceptable for QA. Also available electronically via Medicines Complete. *UKMi Deal* Microbiology The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy Gilbert et al. Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc ISBN-10: 1930808844 2015 Plus online £ paper £ online C Available in a range of formats. The digital editions are preferable as they are updated regularly. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide Unbound Medicine, Inc. Online £ Online for single user annual licence C Updated monthly Kucers’. The Use of Antibiotics Grayson ML ASM Press & Hodder Arnold ISBN: 9780340927670 6th 2010 Plus online £££££ paper £££ online A Available either as a two volume book (providing free ebook access), or via MedicinesComplete subscription. *UKMi Deal*, (NOTE: Online version is updated in line with each publication, about every 4 years)
Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases Mandell GL, Bennett JE, & Dolin R. ELSEVIER Churchill Livingstone ISBN: 978-1455748013 8th 2014 ££££ paper ££££ electronic A Available either as a two volume book (providing free online access to full text), or an ebook (PDF or ePub formats). Ophthalmology Moorfields Eye Hospital – Pharmacists Handbook Moorfields Pharmaceuticals ISBN: 0955277612 2006 £ A Paediatrics Neonatal Formulary: Drug Use in Pregnancy & the First Year of Life Northern Neonatal Network Blackwell Publishing ISBN-10: 1118819594 7th 2014 £ C An ebook is also available: Updates available at Paediatrics Pediatric and Neonatal Dosage Handbook (Pediatric Lexicomp) American Pharmacists Association (LexiComp Incorporated) ISBN: 22nd ££ A Data extracted from the parent Lexicomp site. Consider for those not subscribing to Lexicomp. Palliative Care A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care Regnard, CFB & Dean, M Radcliffe Medical Press ISBN: 9781846193569 6th 2010 £ A Palliative Care Formulary (PCF5) Twycross R and Wilcock A. Palliativedrugs.com ISBN: 9780955254796 Available from 5th 2014 plus online £ Book £ online C The syringe driver compatibility tables are free to access online, using login. PCF5 also contains selected information from Symptom Management in Advanced Cancer (discontinued in 2014). Electronic PCF5 is available via . It is freely available to those with NHS Education Scotland ATHENS access via . Pharmacokinetics
Travax Health Protection, Scotland Online ££ A Available online via . Recommended if large numbers of travel enquiries. Note: This advice is based on that produced by NHS Scotland and may differ from advice in other sources (i.e. Travel Health Pro/NaTHNac). However, all advice is evidence based. It is advised that one resource only is used in these circumstances. Wound management and dressings Formulary of Wound Management Products Thomas, S Euromed Communications ISBN: 978-1-899015-96-2 10th 2009 £ A Journals MI centres should ensure they have access to journals via their local library facilities for references. Routine journal subscription is at the discretion of the individual centre. Training tools MiCAL London MI Service and CoAcS *UKMi Deal* C Computer Assisted Learning package for MI staff. UKMi Training Workbook Wessex Drug and Medicines Information Centre *UKMi Deal* C Also freely available as separate chapters on UKMi website. Enquiry Recording Databases MiDatabank CoAcS *UKMi Deal* C Appendix 1 - Discounted Subscriptions. Indicated by *UKMi Deal* in tables above Resource Cost Ordering arrangements ADIS Journals NHS institutions are eligible for a discount. Contact ADIS direct and explain you are an NHS institution. Tel 01829 771155. Meyler’s Side Effects of Drugs Two options for payment. Option 1 is an annual subscription which increases annually by 5%. Option 2 is a one-off payment plus an annual fee. Costs are available from your Regional Centre.
MedicinesComplete (Recommended for MiDatabank users) Contact your regional MI centre for details. Various packages available. See for resources published online. Laura Nickson Digital Sales Coordinator, RPS Publishing Tel: +44 (0) 20 7572 2451 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7572 2505 E: Explain you are a UK Medicines Information Centre to get discount. MiDatabank Available options, support materials and order form available at Renal Drug Database Discount available for UKMi. Matthew De Bono CRC Press 020 755 19391 UKMi Training Workbook Provided at cost price to UK MI centres. Contact your regional MI centre for copies.