Drug related problems and pharmacist interventions in a geriatric unit employing electronic prescribing.

Background: Computerised physician order entry (CPOE) and the integration of a pharmacist in clinical wards have been shown to prevent drug related problems (DRPs).

Objectives: The primary objective was to make an inventory of the DRPs and resident pharmacist on-ward interventions (PIs) identified in a geriatric acute care unit using CPOE system. The secondary objective was to evaluate the physicians' acceptance of the proposed interventions.

[Creation and organization of an antivenomous serum bank in France].

For several years exotic snakes have been bred in France. In view of the increased risk of envenomation from some of these species, the Poison Centre in Angers has joined forces with several private licensed snake breeders to create an Anti-venom Serum Bank. The main objective of the new organization is to provide an effective means of dealing with bites and subsequent envenomation by exotic snakes by managing a stock of anti-venom serums in a hospital pharmacy, so that cases can be treated as quickly as possible.