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Abstracts from the Poster and Oral presentations from the 18^th Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG) Annual Conference held at the Liverpool Marriott Hotel from 9–11 November 2012

• Poster presentations: Use of concentrated potassium on PICU increased by the use of a balanced crystalloid (9 May, 2013)

  A Sutherland, S Playfor
• Poster presentations: Does profession or experience affect a practitioner's perception when assigning potential harm avoided by pharmacists interventions (9 May, 2013)

  A Hussain, R Isaac, D Rodrigues
• Poster presentations: Experiences and opinions of non-medical prescribers in a paediatric hospital concerning electronic prescribing (9 May, 2013)

  A Burridge, D Terry
• Poster presentations: Implementation of TTA pre-pack accreditation and training programme on paediatric wards (9 May, 2013)

  A Lo, N Christiansen
• Poster presentations: Parental understanding of dosing instructions for paracetamol and ibuprofen suspension (9 May, 2013)

  A Gill, C Davey, N Kettle, C Morecroft
• Poster presentations: Glucose and electrolyte bags: how accurately are they prepared on the neonatal unit? (9 May, 2013)

  A Fox
• Poster presentations: Epidemiology and potential associated risk factors of drug-related problems in hospitalised children in UK (9 May, 2013)

  A Rashed, A Tomlin, J Jackman, A Neubert, L Wilton, I Wong
• Poster presentations: Post discharge follow up of children on long term medications (9 May, 2013)

  C Huynh, S Tomlin, Y Jani, I Wong, M Ghaleb
• Poster presentations: Adherence to general surgery prophylaxis guidelines at Alder Hey Children's Hospital (9 May, 2013)

  C Todd, D Sharpe
• Poster presentations: The impact of an antibiotic specific prescription form in the accident and emergency department (9 May, 2013)

  D Sharpe, S Kapas
• Poster presentations: The utility of the decision support tool FIRSTLight in a paediatric hospital dispensary (9 May, 2013)

  P Patel, D Terry
• Poster presentations: Building a drug file for a clinical information management system: Grand designs or room to improve? (9 May, 2013)

  E Butler, M Howlett
• Poster presentations: Standard concentration infusions and ‘smart’ pumps in PICU: the challenge of change (9 May, 2013)

  E Butler, C Breatnach
• Poster presentations: Audit of medication interventions made on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) (9 May, 2013)

  E Canavan, A Sutherland
• Poster presentations: Prescribed antimicrobial therapy: what parents/carers are told and what they would like to know (9 May, 2013)

  J Aston, D Terry, U Nusgen, N Champaneri
• Poster presentations: An audit of paediatric ambulatory prescriptions (9 May, 2013)

  M Baynes, K Hall
• Poster presentations: Paediatric chemotherapy prescribing: an audit of pharmacist interventions (9 May, 2013)

  L Briscoe
• Poster presentations: An audit of prescribing errors in neonates and paediatrics (9 May, 2013)

  M O'Meara, E Lyons
• Poster presentations: Audit on the diagnosis and management of childhood Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) (9 May, 2013)

  N Ford, C Benn
• Poster presentations: Intravenous Y-site drug administration on the paediatric intensive care unit (9 May, 2013)

  P Master, C Cole
• Poster presentations: Ethanol intake of paediatric intensive care patients (9 May, 2013)

  R Isaac, I Khan, C Langley
• Poster presentations: Manipulation of medicines to deliver a required dose: development of a good practice guideline (9 May, 2013)

  R Richey, C Barker, U Shah, M Peak, A Nunn, Craig J, Ford J, Turner M
• Poster presentations: Safe and effective use of medicines in children: enhancing community pharmacists' practice (9 May, 2013)

  S Willis, A Levine, C Cutts
• Poster presentations: Audit of the Trust's quality account antibiotic indicators for correct use in paediatrics (9 May, 2013)

  S Boreland
• Poster presentations: An Audit of Medicines Reconciliation in Paediatrics (9 May, 2013)

  S Patel, P Fletcher
• Poster presentations: Two years experience of the treatment of molybdenum cofactor deficiency (9 May, 2013)

  S Bowhay
• Poster presentations: Investigation into the effect of prasugrel versus clopidogrel on platelet thromboelastography (TEG) analysis in paediatric patients on Ventricular Assistance Devices (VAD) (9 May, 2013)

  S Morris, J Cassidy
• Poster presentations: Discharge summaries on a Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU): how accurate are the medications on discharge when there has been no pharmacy involvement? (9 May, 2013)

  S Hibberd, A Fox
• Poster presentations: Factors affecting the oxidative degradation of captopril in oral liquid paediatric formulations: a Factorial Design Study (9 May, 2013)

  N Hussain, T Nazir, F Ojike, D Lillibridge
• Poster presentations: A matrix decision support tool for the development of viable paediatric dosage forms (9 May, 2013)

  N Hussain, T Nazir, H Baghdadi
• Poster presentations: Can ‘stock’ PN meet the requirements of the neonatal population? (9 May, 2013)

  Z Lansdowne, A Bevan
• Poster presentations: Development of a taste-masked granule formulation of sodium phenylbutyrate adapted for paediatric use (9 May, 2013)

  N Guffon, Y Kibleur, W Copalu, C Tissen, J Breitkreutz
• Poster presentations: Balanced maintenance fluids in PICU are safe and cost effective (9 May, 2013)

  A Sutherland, S Playfor, A Manaf
• Poster presentations: An audit of electronic prescribing and administration of paediatric parenteral nutrition (9 May, 2013)

  C Rebello
• Poster presentations: A retrospective analysis of any trends in magnesium level for patients on omeprazole 10 mg/5 ml oral suspension from January to June 2012 (inclusive) in response to the MHRA Drug Safety Update April 2012 (9 May, 2013)

  E Junaid
• Oral presentations: Reformulation of standardised neonatal parenteral nutrition to improve nutrient delivery (9 May, 2013)

  A Bevan, M Johnson, J Pond, Z Lansdowne, A Leaf, P Hayes, F Pearson
• Oral presentations: Are the information needs of parents being met regarding their child's oral chemotherapy? (9 May, 2013)

  A Kinsella, D Alldred, J Waite-Jones
• Oral presentations: E-prescribing implementation in paediatrics: lessons learned (9 May, 2013)

  C Benn, I Bates, A Akram, J Shafique
• Oral presentations: Medicine reconciliation on admission in a paediatric hospital setting (9 May, 2013)

  E Butler, C Bourke
• Oral presentations: Adverse drug reactions and off-label and unlicensed medicines in children: a nested case-control study of paediatric inpatients (9 May, 2013)

  J Bellis, J Kirkham, M Pirmohamed
• Oral presentations: Pharmacist prescribing in neonatal intensive care units in the UK (9 May, 2013)

  P Mulholland
• Oral presentations: Piloting the ‘Children's acceptability of oral formulations (CALF) medicines survey to determine perceptions and practices with paediatrics medicines (9 May, 2013)

  S Ranmal, C Tuleu
• Oral presentations: Adherence of paediatric nurses to double checking process steps during medication administration in a children's hospital: an observational study (9 May, 2013)

  Z Alsulami, I Choonara, S Conroy