The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists' (ASHP's) Handbook on Injectable Drugs™, the leading authority on the compatibility and stability of injectable drugs, is now available on MedicinesComplete, the online service offering access to the world's leading drug and healthcare references.

Examining parenteral drug stability and compatibility in extensive detail, the Handbook is a trusted resource for helping pharmacists and other health professionals improve patient safety. The user-friendly drug reference combines comprehensive information on 379 parenteral drugs commercially available in the U.S. and other countries. The Handbook also allows users to make quick and accurate assessments of the compatibility of various solutions and additives with a particular drug.

The Handbook was added to MedicinesComplete through an agreement with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPS). Another ASHP publication, AHFS Drug Information™ (AHFS DI), is also available on MedicinesComplete.

"Precise and reliable injectable drug information is necessary for patient safety. Now more pharmacists and health professionals throughout the world will have access to the trusted Handbook on Injectable Drugs," said ASHP President Janet A. Silvester, M.B.A., FASHP. "ASHP is pleased to partner with RPS to expand the reach of this essential drug reference on MedicinesComplete."

"RPS' partnership with ASHP will benefit health professionals because they now have access to the important resources in the Handbook," said Charles Fry, Managing Director of RPS Publishing. "RPS Publishing is pleased to extend our partnership with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists through the addition of Handbook on Injectable Drugs to MedicinesComplete. The Handbook will provide users of MedicinesComplete with essential information which will benefit healthcare professionals throughout the world. This is an excellent resource to sit alongside AHFS DI, Martindale, the British National Formulary (BNF) and Stockley's Drug Interactions."

The information on MedicinesComplete is available via subscription to individual health professionals and institutions such as hospitals, libraries and universities. Worldwide, original research, scientific papers, guidelines, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, reports and case studies are included in the service.

For more information about MedicinesComplete or the Handbook on Injectable Drugs, go to ashp.

About ASHP

For more than 60 years, ASHP has helped pharmacists who practice in hospitals and health systems improve medication use and enhance patient safety. The Society's 30,000 members include pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who practice in inpatient, outpatient, home-care, and long-term-care settings, as well as pharmacy students. For more information about the wide array of ASHP activities and the many ways in which pharmacists help people make the best use of medicines, visit ASHP's Web site, ashp, or its consumer Web site, safemedication.

About MedicinesComplete

MedicinesComplete, a product of RPS Publishing, is a comprehensive online service that provides access to evaluated drug information and up-to-date clinical information which meets the needs of pharmacists, clinicians, analytical chemists, physicians, nurses, researchers, librarians, pharmaceutical companies and information professionals. Offering complete international coverage to respected publications including AHFS Drug Information™ and Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference, MedicinesComplete contains over 100,000 references to worldwide original research, scientific papers, guidelines, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, reports and case studies. The MedicinesComplete online service, at medicinescomplete, was launched in 2004 and continues to grow in coverage and popularity.

About RPS Publishing

RPS Publishing is the publishing organization of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. It has been active as a publisher for the pharmacy profession since 1841 and has some world-renowned titles on its list, including Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference published under the Pharmaceutical Press imprint. RPS Publishing is also responsible for such highly respected publications as the British National Formulary (with the British Medical Journal Publishing Group) and the Pharmaceutical Journal. Visit RPS Publishing's Web site at rpspublishing.

About the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain is the regulatory and professional body for pharmacists in England, Scotland and Wales. The primary objective of the Society is to lead, regulate and develop the pharmacy profession. Visit rpsgb for more information.

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