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VOL: 103, ISSUE: 8, PAGE NO: 38 A website for patients and the public has been launched, containing a range of information about receiving and using home oxygen services, as well as contact

details for regional suppliers. www.homeoxygen.nhs.uk/1.php A website for patients and the public has been launched, containing a range of information about receiving and using home oxygen

services, as well as contact details for regional suppliers. _www.homeoxygen.nhs.uk/1.php_ Education for Health have launched a pocket guide, _Simple Devices_ (£5.99), with practical

information about inhalers, including key features of devices, drug availability, cleaning and storage, and inhaler technique. _www.educationforhealth.org.uk_ Erdosteine capsules (Erdotin),

an expectorant for the symptomatic treatment of acute exacerbations of bronchitis in adults, have been launched in the UK.

_emc.medicines.org.uk/emc/assets/c/html/DisplayDoc.asp?DocumentID=19275_ The Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists is holding its 10th annual conference from 16-17 November 2007 at

WarwickUniversity. The conference is open to ARNS members. For further information about ARNS visit www.arns.co.uk.