BNF for Children 2021-2022: September 2021-22

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Clarithromycin [update to include dosing for prevention of invasive group A streptococcal infection in children from 6 months old and adults]. Vaccines update [classifications changed to Vaccines, live or Vaccines, inactivated and non-replicating]. Rabies vaccine [update to pre-exposure immunisation booster dose in patients who may have frequent, unrecognised exposures e.g. bat handlers]. This was an anomaly, [4] as in relation to responses to medicines, the difference between a newborn and a sixteen-year-old is greater than the difference between a sixteen-year-old and a sixty-year-old. Starting in 2002, Prof Martin Kendall, [5] [6] then chairman of the BNF Joint Formulary Committee worked to get things changed. The BNF for Children developed from the British National Formulary (BNF), which prior to 2005 had provided information on the treatment of children, with the doses largely determined by calculations based on the body weight of the child.

This update contains 7 significant changes, 2 dose changes, 2 new monographs, 1 new preparation, and 1 deleted monograph.BNF - NHS Evidence - Search Engine for Evidence in Health and Social Care". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012 . Retrieved 2012-06-14. Wade, O. L. (1993). "British National Formulary: Its birth, death, and rebirth". BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.). 306 (6884): 1051–1054. doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6884.1051. PMC 1676980. PMID 8490505. The BNF also includes the Nurse Prescribers' Formulary (NPF) and other NPF content for use by District Nurses and Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (including Health Visitors), who have received training to become nurse prescribers. [19] Sister publications [ edit ] It is provided to NHS staff - usually through their employer, but may be accessed online through MedicinesComplete. [10]

Digital Medicines Information Suite". Archived from the original on 19 December 2008 . Retrieved 22 December 2008. MedicinesCompleteTranexamic acid: new indications for haemorrhage following major trauma, and prevention and treatment of haemorrhage following head injury. Kendall, MJ (2009). "Chairman of the Joint Formulary Committee, British National Formulary". Clinical Medicine. 9 (4): 349–352. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.9-4-349. PMC 4952503. PMID 19728509. Valproate: reminder of current Pregnancy Prevention Programme requirements; information on new safety measures to be introduced in the coming months [MHRA/CHM advice] (advice in sodium valproate, valproic acid; see example in sodium valproate). This update contains 4 significant changes, 1 dose change, 1 new preparation, 1 deleted monograph and 2 deleted preparations.

a b c d e f g "BNF Publications - About - Our organisation". www.bnf.org. BMJ Group and Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016 . Retrieved 16 August 2016. A new edition of the BNF book is published twice-yearly, in March and September. [1] The current edition is 85, which was published in March 2023. It is a tradition that the colour of each new edition is radically different from the previous. [2] Availability [ edit ] Ceftriaxone [update to include dosing in children from 12 years old for gonococcal conjunctivitis, gonococcal epididymo-orchitis, and disseminated gonococcal infection].Methotrexate: advise patients to take precautions in the sun to avoid photosensitivity reactions [MHRA/CHM advice]. BNFC.org". Archived from the original on 20 December 2007 . Retrieved 2006-09-07. British National Formulary for Children BNF for Children BNFC 2019-2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2021 . Retrieved 1 May 2022.