Resources on medicines mixing issues

摘要

Mixing of medicines does not only take place in palliative care, where it is common to give two or more drugs via a syringe driver. The practice is much wider, taking place in respiratory medicine (eg, bronchodilators, steroids and antibiotics might be mixed for administration by nebuliser), dermatology (eg, topical preparations are mixed) and many other areas. Reasons for mixing include avoiding the need for more than one cannula and providing anaesthesia where drug administration is painful.