Medication Safety

Supporting safe use of adrenal crisis emergency management kits

28 November 2024Treatment of adrenal crisis is time critical and relies on timely use of injectable hydrocortisone to prevent harm.

Self-administration of medicines

18 November 2024Self-administering medicines in all care settings and at home can benefit both individuals and organisations; it should be encouraged where safely achievable

Safety considerations when using Vitamin D

22 March 2024Healthcare professionals who use vitamin D should be aware of the risks of toxicity and safe practice principles which may prevent patient harm

Safer use of time critical medicines programme

9 January 2026An update on the programme's progress, including the quality improvement collaborative, wider community of practice and related outputs.

Safe management of therapeutic drug monitoring

17 October 2024Organisations must ensure safe management systems are in place to support the management of drugs requiring therapeutic drug monitoring.

Risk assessing transcribing for administration

28 January 2025Various factors affect the risks associated with using transcribing for medicines administration.

Responding to medication safety alerts and notifications

15 December 2022Healthcare professionals responsible for medication safety in their organisation must deliver an appropriate response to safety alerts

Resources to support learning from medication incidents and harms

15 December 2022Organisations should utilise resources to effectively drive improvement based on the learning from incidents, concerns, disputes and claims

Reporting and management of medication incidents and harms

15 December 2022High quality reporting and management of incidents and harms ensures opportunities for learning and improving medication safety

Purchasing for safety

17 December 2025Understanding principles of purchasing for safety can support the safer use of medicines. Consideration of these principles in practice can minimise harms.