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Healthcare

More than 3,500 organisations in more than 80 countries rely on Micromedex for comprehensive, evidence-based guidance to help reduce medication errors and improve patient care.

Flagship Products and Solutions:

DRUG INFORMATION

Complete evidence-based drug reference

DRUGDEX provides interactions, dosing, pharmacokinetics, comparative efficacy, cautions, labelled and off-label indications

Drug Interaction Screening

DRUG-REAX alerts against drug-drug, drug-food, drug-disease, drug-ethanol, drug-laboratory, drug-herbals interactions, with previous allergic reactions. With pregnancy and breast-feeding warnings

IV Compatibility

IV INDEX features the parenteral compatibility piece of Trissel's 2, over 50,000 results and 600 unique drugs and solutions for Y-site, syringe and admixture compatibility. Single or multiple drug searches.

Drug dosing and parenteral nutrition information for neonatal care

NeoFax helps clinicians prescribe, calculate, formulate and administer medication and parenteral nutrition solutions for infants to the age of 120 days.

Complementary and alternative medicine

AltMedDex gives information on uses, dosing, efficacy, side effects and interactions of alternative and complementary medicines

International drug and trademark reference

MARTINDALE delivers international coverage of drugs in clinical use, investigational and herbal drugs, diagnostic agents, pesticides and noxious substances
Index Nominum gives synonyms, chemical structures and therapeutic classes for 5,300 international drugs derivatives, and 42,000 international trademarks

Drug identification tool

IDENTIDEX holds 74,000 indexed terms by imprint code, size, colour, shape etc, along with images to help quickly identify unknown tablets or pills

Drug summary reports for consideration for hospital formularies

P&T QUIK Reports provides summary reports on drugs under consideration for inclusion in hospital formularies

Patient-specific dosing recommendations

KINETIDEX is an interactive tool to help optimise dosing for vancomycin, aminoglycocides, theophylline, digoxin and valproic acid

DISEASE INFORMATION

Disease management recommendations

DISEASEDEX General Medicine provides evidence and recommendations to support disease management and treatment
DISEASEDEX Emergency Medicine provides diagnosis and treatment recommendations in acute care settings

Lab test selection and results interpretation advice

LabAdvisor helps clinicians order and interpret test results

TOXICOLOGY

Toxic substances management advice

POISINDEX provides critical information to support the identification, management and treatment of toxicological exposure

Reproductive risk information

REPRORISK helps professionals evaluate the reproductive risks of drugs, chemicals, and physical and environmental agents

Chemical management and hazard risk data

TOMES Plus provides critical medical, environmental and hazard knowledge necessary for the safe management of chemicals

PATIENT INFORMATION

Patient education & advice

CareNotes provides customisable information to help patients understand their condition, laboratory tests, treatment and ongoing health
CareNotes AfterCare for discharge and long-term continuous care at home, helps patients spot symptoms, know when to seek follow-up care, and manage their medications
AltCareDex informs patients about herbals, dietary supplements, vitamins and alternative therapies
AltMed-REAX educates patients on interactions between alternative medicines and drugs, food, alcohol and tobacco
Consumer Health Solution includes multimedia presentations, animations and interactive assessments to help patients make informed treatment decisions
Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer provides drug information in patient-friendly language to educate patients about their medications and proper use