[Proton pump inhibitors: impact of professional practice evaluation on prescriptions pertinence].

Objective: To improve the quality of proton pump inhibitors (PPI) prescription in an orthopaedic department.

Study Design: Prospective professional practice evaluation study.

Patients And Methods: A specific protocol concerning the best practice for using PPI in the perioperative period was established by anaesthesiologists and validated by all prescribers, according to recent recommendations published by French Afssaps.

[Centralized preparation in the pharmacy of dilute solutions of ganciclovir: (Cymevan): work load change and economic potential].

The production of ganciclovir doses by a hospital pharmacy having the necessary facilities to reconstitute anticancer drugs would be of the utmost relevance regarding both protection of the nursing staff and therapeutic safety. As this activity is also economically worthwhile a large number of our colleagues would like to implement it. The aim of this work has was to take advantage of a 40 weeks production of ganciclovir dose by the pharmacy at Rangueil hospital in Toulouse so as to answer some of the questions raised by such a project.