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It is important that you use the correct version for your practice. The BNFc holds different and specific information in relation to medication and children. This is not the same as the BNF (which is for use in adults).

The BNFc is an essential tool for all practitioners working with children and young people, it is a repository of almost all drugs that are used in British health and social care settings, and offers comprehensive details on individual medications, groups of medications, uses, side effects and interactions and can assist with decision making. The information provided is sourced from summaries of product characteristics for medications, literature, consensus guidelines and peer review and employs a grading system of A–E and levels of evidence to help readers understand the strength of evidence underpinning the associated recommendations given (Joint Formulary Committee, 2019a).