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This essential reference provides up-to-date, practical guidance on prescribing, dispensing, and administering medicines.
The BNF details medicines prescribed in the UK, with special reference to their uses, cautions, contra-indications, side-effects, doses and relative costs.
It enables healthcare professionals to maximise the benefits of drug treatment and minimise the risks, while encouraging good compliance with treatment.
Updated every six months, the BNF evaluates clinical evidence from diverse sources. The information is validated by a network of clinical experts and is published under the authority of a Joint Formulary Committee. The BNF reflects current best practice as well as legal and professional guidelines relating to the use of medicines.
These pages aim to help you use the BNF, and tell you a little more about its features.
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PURCHASING THE BOOK
If you wish to place an order for the BNF this can be done online or you can contact our customer services department directly. Full details are available at How to Order.
For bulk discount enquiries, contact Charlotte Mason (charlotte.mason@rpsgb.org).
DIGITAL BNF
The BNF is now available on CD ROM for intranets. For pricing and further information, please contact (Email: electronicinfo@rpsgb.org).
For pricing for networks, consortia and group deals, and further information regarding the integration of content within pharmacy or clinical systems or other databases, please e-mail Michael Buckner or call +1 303 499 4857.
BNF ONLINE
The BNF is also available online as part of MedicinesComplete. For further information
visit MedicinesComplete.
British National Formulary on PDA is now available
The British National Formulary is now available on PDA. Click here for more information.
ALSO AVAILABLE:
BNF for Children (BNFC) provides essential practical information to all healthcare professionals involved in the prescribing, dispensing, monitoring, and administration of medicines to children.
It encourages the safe, effective, and appropriate use of medicines for the management of childhood conditions.
Information in BNFC has been validated against emerging evidence, best practice guidelines, and advice from a network of clinical experts. The text is published under the authority of a Paediatric Formulary Committee.
As many medicines are not licensed for use in children, BNFC includes authoritative advice on licensed as well as unlicensed and off-label use of medicines for children from birth up to the age of 18 years. It is available in print, PDA and
online as part of MedicinesComplete. For further information
visit MedicinesComplete.
Nurse Prescribers' Formulary 2009 - 2011 (NPF) is for use by District Nurses and Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (including Health Visitors) who have received nurse prescriber training.
The NPF provides an overview of some common conditions together with details of the medicines that be prescribed by Community Practitioner nurse prescribers.
The NPF is issued every 2 years and is designed for use with the BNF.
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