INTRODUCTION TO SITE CONTENT

Extemp.ie is designed to be an easily navigable site, and the following is an explanation of the site layout.

GENERAL METHODS

The ‘GENERAL METHODS ’ section offers information on the general principles of pharmaceutical compounding, including information specific to each type of formulation commonly encountered, namely oral preparations, topicals, sterile preparations, etc. The ‘MONOGRAPH DOWNLOADS ’ section contains an alphabetical list of the individual monographs supplied to us from the participant hospitals.

We acknowledge and thank the Pharmacy Departments of the following hospitals, whose monographs are included on extemp.ie:

AMNCH, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin	Beaumont Hospital, Dublin	Bons Secours Hospital, Cork
Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown	Coombe Women’s Hospital, Dublin	Cork University Hospital
Louth County Hospital, Dundalk	Mater Misericordae Hospital Dublin	Mater Private Hospital Dublin
Mercy University Hospital, Cork	Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway	Midwestern Regional Hospital, Limerick
Mount Carmel Hospital, Dublin	Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda	Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin
Rotunda Hospital Dublin	Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Dublin	Sligo General Hospital
St. James Hospital, Dublin	St. John Hospital, Limerick	St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny
St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin	Tullamore General Hospital	Waterford Regional Hospital
Wexford General Hospital	Naas General Hospital

MONOGRAPH LAYOUT

The monographs are all designed using a common template, as follows:

template monograph

Due to the fact that many hospitals prepare the same named products, we used the following approaches:

A. Where more than one formula (i.e. differing actual ingredients) exists for a particular preparation; we have assigned these Formula 1, Formula 2 etc.

B. Where the same formula (i.e. same ingredients) is used in more than one hospital, we have only published one formula BUT we have illustrated any differences in containers, expiry dates and storage conditions encountered as follows:

Expiry date:

1 week ^a , 2 weeks ^b

The a and b denote to us in Extemp.ie the source hospitals that use the different storage periods. Note that the names of individual source hospitals will not be listed at any point in the individual monographs and the a,b,c indexing is for administrative use only by extemp.ie.

WEIGHTS and MEASURES on extemp.ie

In accordance with BNF recommendations, the monographs on extemp.ie observe the following:

Unncessary use of decimal points is avoided.
Where decimals are necessary, a zero is written in front of the decimal point where there is no other figure, e.g. 0.5mL.
Quantities over 1g are written as 1g etc.
Quantities less than 1g are written in milligrams, e.g. 500mg.
Quantities less than 1mg are written in micrograms, e.g. 500micrograms.
'Micrograms' is NOT abbreviated.
Volumes are expressed in millilitres (mL) unless over 1L, when they are expressed in litres (L).

Measuring apparatus should be calibrated and authenticated in accordance with the weights and measures requirements of the Legal Metrology Service. (Metrology)

balances

(For additional information on measurements, particularly of liquids, see also General Methods: External solutions)

Use the contact us section to email us at extemp.ie with any correspondence. Extemp.ie welcomes new monographs, information on new compounding practices and any other relevant communications.