The efficiency of powdered corncob as a tablet disintegrating
agent was compared to that of a number of wood products and to
starch, the most popular agent used today. Corncob appeared to
be superior in its disintegrating effectiveness.
The optimum particle size, at which powdered corncob produced
its best disintegrating...
A study has been made of ointment bases prepared from
mineral oil thickened with Bentone 38 gellant.
The experimental work was divided into two distinct
parts: (1) the development of ointment bases using the Bentone
gellants, and (2) subsequent comparison of these bases
with White Petrolatum, Plastibase Hydrophilic, and other...
Selected nonionic surface active agents, incorporated in various
ointment bases, were applied to normal rabbit skin daily in an attempt
to determine their chronic toxicity. The dermatitic effects of these
surfactant preparations were evaluated by three methods: gross observation,
histological examination and biochemical techniques. The
results indicated that the tested...
A programmed unit on diabetes mellitus was written
and tested on three groups of students. These included a
class of licensed practical nurses taking a refresher
course in pharmacology, a class of third year pharmacy
students, and a class of first year students enrolled in
a three year nursing program....
Unit dose drug distribution systems have been established in a
number of hospitals during the past several years. Such systems show
promise in providing better and safer patient care. They also seem to
minimize the non-professional aspects of drug handling by nurses,
thus enabling them to spend more time with...
Medication error rates have long been a subject of interest
among the pharmaceutical, nursing, and medical professions. The
basic purpose of medication error studies has been to discover the
quantity and type of errors which exist, thus enabling the investigator
to evaluate the relative safety of various drug distribution
systems...
This experiment was designed to investigate the in vivo effects of calcium ions on tetracycline absorption when oral doses of tetracycline and calcium-containing medications were administered concurrently. Twenty-one human volunteers were selected and divided into three equal-sized groups: Group A, Group B, and Group C. Each volunteer in Group A...
The development and evaluation of a system for the handling, maintenance
and transcription of nursing home patient care orders are
described.
Before implementation of this documentation system, the study
nursing home was found to be out of compliance with various state,
federal and professional practice standards related to patient care...
This study sampled the work activities of community pharmacists in eighteen western Oregon pharmacies (9 chain and 9 independent, stratified by daily prescription volume). Utilizing a technique of recording at least 960 observations in each pharmacy, a total of 41,542 observations were recorded into 28 mutually exclusive task activity categories....