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Product Risk Assessment Tools

15 March 2016Product risk assessment tools to support NHS organisations to identify risk resultant from medicinal product presentation.

Suitability of BBraun NRFit Lock Syringes with BBraun NRFit Syringe Caps for storage of injectable medicines

20 January 2020The NHS Pharmaceutical Aseptic Services Group published its requirements for the introduction of NRFit neuraxial syringes and caps for the purposes of drug storage on…

National Homecare Medicines Committee (NHMC) Homecare Risk Assessment

10 December 2019To support organisations in establishing a robust risk assessment process for new homecare medicines services the NHMC has developed a tool for local use.  …

Generic audit tool: Safe and secure handling of medicines

11 September 2013A generic template is provided to assist the process of auditing safe and secure handling of medicines practices

Reducing harm from omitted or delayed medicines in hospital.

27 November 2020

Use of off-label or unlicensed products under Human Medicines Regulations 2012 Schedule 17 exemptions

8 January 2020The below summary details the legal position regarding the sale, supply or administration of off-label/unlicensed products under Schedule 17 of the HMR 2012

Guidance on issuing the Steroid Emergency Card in adults

1 March 2021The NHS England and NHS Improvement national patient safety alert (NatPSA) has specified a number of actions that organisations need to implement.

SPS Advice Note: Interim position statement 3; BD Field Safety Notice (FSN) and intraocular injections (BD and other syringes)

18 February 2021Advice following the issue of the BD Urgent Field Safety Notice MPS-18-1209 regarding the use of BD and BBraun (Medline) syringes for intraocular injections.

Worked example of assessing the risk of transcribing

22 February 2022Example where medicines are prescribed by both the patient’s GP and specialist clinicians, and are administered in a patient’s home.

Implementation considerations for the self-administration of medicines

25 January 2023Patients under hospital care should be supported to continue self-administering unless there are good reasons why they are unable to