NATIONAL Asthma Council Australia (NAC) has developed a new suite of resources to encourage the use of spacers with pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDIs), which are now available for health professionals to download.

The Spacers for Pressurised Metered-Dose Inhalers Chart is a poster designed to go on pharmacy walls to help identify and explain the range of spacers available to patients.

There is also an information sheet and how-to video specifically related to using an AeroChamber spacer with a pMDI and also with a mask.

Meanwhile, an updated spacer use and care factsheet helps explain to patients and carers why using a spacer is important, the types of spacers available, and tips for using and cleaning a spacer and puffer.

Clinical Associate Professor Debbie Rigby, pharmacist and Clinical Executive Lead, NAC, said the clinical effectiveness of pMDIs can be significantly improved by using a spacer.

“Only about one in 10 patients can correctly perform all the steps in using a pMDI and three-quarters of patients using a pMDI make at least one error when using their inhaler.

“The new suite of resources from the NAC will help health professionals to ensure that every patient prescribed a pMDI knows how to use a spacer and use it when needed or as directed,” Rigby stated.

Resources can be download directly from the NAC website, HERE, where you can also order hard copies of the wall chart.

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