Inhaler technique – improving adherence, and demonstrations of good and poor technique

Several studies show that health care professionals (including doctors, nurses and pharmacists) may only demonstrate correct inhaler technique to patients around 10% of the time. This is of paramount importance because the way a patient uses a device is proportional to the amount of drug they will deposit in their lungs, which in turn has a direct correlation with emergency attendance at the hospital and poor respiratory disease control..

This session will include:

• Familiarisation with inhaler competency guidelines
• The importance of correct inhaler technique
• Increase confidence in teaching and checking inhaler technique
• Recognise common errors in inhaler technique
• How websites and apps like rightbreathe can assist in clinicians in consultations
• Demonstrations of some of the commonly used devices