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Accessing Library Resources : Guides

Guides and tutorials to help you search and navigate the HSE Library online resources

SPC access

Note on access to Summary Product Characteristics(SPCs)

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Medicines Complete - Introduction

Medicines Complete provides access to the following resources:

  • British National Formulary (BNF)
  • BNF for Children
  • Clarity's Diagnosis and Treatment Guidance
  • Critical Illness
  • Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation
  • Handbook of Drug Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes
  • Handbook on Injectable Drugs
  • Injectable Drugs Guide
  • Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
  • Palliative Care Formulary
  • Stockley's Drug Interactions

From a HSE hospital you can access Medicines Complete automatically. 

From other locations, you will need to login with your Athens Account: - see video below.

Short guides for Medicines Complete

National Health Library & Knowledge Service. Health Service Executive. Dr. Steevens' Hospital, Dublin 8. Tel: 01-6352555/8. Email: hselibrary@hse.ie

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