An audit of instructions presented on paediatric oral liquid medicine labels dispensed by community pharmacies.
Background: To optimise health outcomes, it is important that caregivers understand the instructions on the labels of medicines dispensed for children. Aim: To describe how the instructions on the labels of oral liquid medicines dispensed in community pharmacies for a sample of children were present...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Pharmacy Practice & Research Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 492 - 500 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2025
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