How to Use the Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook, Eighth Edition (AIDH8)

SHPA’s Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook (AIDH), is an essential frontline resource to help ensure patient safety and quality care.

The NEW 'how to use' guide for nurses and other healthcare professionals, will help you understand how to use AIDH and how to find the information you need. Plus, we have included some tips and tricks to help you get the most out of this resource!

The eighth edition of AIDH8 was comprehensively updated this year and includes:
• up-to-date and vital information on more than 500 injectable medicines
• information on more than 50 new medicines, and more than 150 monographs now include paediatric information
• new sections on smart pumps, flushing of IV lines and devices, management of extravasation and community-based parenteral antimicrobial therapy (CoPAT)
• stability data for 21 antimicrobials most frequently used in Hospital in the Home (HITH) services or OPAT programs, crucial for ensuring the standard of care is no less than that provided in hospital.


For more information on the Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook, visit www.shpa.org.au/AIDH8

To purchase the latest edition, visit www.shpa.org.au/bookshop