[Preparation and administration of injectable antibiotics: a tool for nurses].

Nurses, the main caregivers to administer medications, often find themselves lacking the information which is nevertheless essential for the preparation of injectable antibiotics. This problem, frequent in hospitals, impacts on patient safety. On the initiative of the pharmacy and nursing staff, a tool has been created in the Percy Army Teaching Hospital in Clamart.

[The nurse as the last line of defence against quality defects in medicines].

The administration of medicines, the last stage in the process, is mainly carried out by the nurse. She is therefore the last person to be able to intercept any quality defects in the medication which, despite the stringent safety measures taken by pharmaceutical laboratories throughout their manufacturing processes, remain unavoidable. These interceptions are vital for the patient's safety.