Medication Safety

Managing the risks of using liquid oral phenobarbital

2 November 2023Minimising the risk of confusion between phenobarbital liquid formulations and awareness of alcohol content may prevent harms.

Preventing parenteral nutrition rapid over-infusion in babies

10 August 2023There is a risk of severe harm or death if PN is unintentionally infused too rapidly in babies. Healthcare professionals need to ensure safe practice.

Using the Medication Safety Update effectively

25 January 2023Effective use provides assurance that an organisation is aware of the most critical medication safety related information, and acts on this to improve safety

Communication opportunities to improve medication safety

25 January 2023Effective communication allows for timely responses to new and emerging medication risks and the sharing of potential safety solutions.

Collaboration opportunities to improve medication safety

15 December 2022Practical guidance on effective collaboration opportunities to promote medication safety improvements

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

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

Learning from medication incidents and harms

15 December 2022Practical guidance to ensure opportunities to learn from local intelligence, including patient harm are translated into shared local and national learning

Understanding medication safety policy and frameworks

15 December 2022Healthcare professionals delivering the medication safety agenda in their organisation require an understanding of national policy, frameworks and legislation

Promoting medication incident reporting

15 December 2022Increased medication incident reporting provides greater opportunities for learning and improving medication safety