TY - JOUR T1 - Steroid treatment cards: patient safety remains at risk JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 691 LP - 691 DO - 10.3399/bjgp10X515458 VL - 60 IS - 578 AU - Elizabeth Rusby Y1 - 2010/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/60/578/691.1.abstract N2 - The British National Formulary advises that all patients prescribed corticosteroids for more than 3 weeks are issued with a steroid treatment card that they carry on their person at all times.1 An audit was carried out to determine if these guidelines are being met in patients receiving palliative care at Willow Wood Hospice. A similar survey carried out by Zeppetella in 1998, and published in a letter to this … ER -