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Don’t t forget the patient<br />

• Educate the patient <strong>and</strong> their carers about<br />

their patches.<br />

• Patches are often forgotten both in their<br />

medication history <strong>and</strong> subsequent<br />

prescribing <strong>and</strong> administration.<br />

• Prompt the patient as for other frequently<br />

omitted <strong>medications</strong>, Eye drops?<br />

Complementary <strong>medications</strong>? Patches?

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