Eleven pharmacy practitioners from the Republic of Ireland will give oral presentations at the North South Pharmacy Healthcare Conference. These presentations will be given under four headings: Community Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Managing Risk, Ensuring Quality in Pharmacy Practice.

COMMUNITY PHARMACY
• Ireland and the Challenge of Ethnic Minorities - L. Barlassina
• Relations, Records and Role: Community Pharmacists and General Practitioners - C. de Brún and S. Ryder
• The Establishment and Facilitation of a Community Pharmacy-Led Weight Management Clinic - E. Frawley, C. McGrath and C. Bradley

HOSPITAL PHARMACY
• Recombinant Human Activated Protein C [Drotrecogin alfa (activated)]: An Audit of Use in St. Vincent's University Hospital - L. McCabe, M. O'Sullivan, C. Crowley, J. O'Shea
• The Introduction of Once-Daily Tobramycin Dosing in the National Referral Centre for Adult Cystic Fibrosis at St. Vincent's University Hospital - C. Keane and C. Muldowney

MANAGING RISK
• Disposal of Unused Medicines in the HSE Mid-Western Region October 2004 - S. Byrne and A. Duffy
• Following the Prescription Care of Cardiology Patients upon Discharge from Secondary Care - T. Grimes, E. Deasy, T. Delaney, J. Kelly and I.A. Graham
• Medication Incident Reporting at St Vincent's University Hospital: The Medication Incident Report Database - N. O'Hanlon, A. Kilfeather, M. Rourke and J.O'Shea.

ENSURING QUALITY IN PHARMACY PRACTICE
• Customising a National Medicines Information Management System- An Investigation - L. O'Brien and N. O'Hanlon
• Medicines For Children: A National Learning Strategy and Follow-up of Impact on Community Pharmacy Practice - Medicines & Children Tutor Group, ICCPE
• Learning, the Best Medicine: A National Learning Needs Analysis - O. Sheehan

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