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Missed Medications

WEBA number of studies have explored factors impacting on medication administration. Underlying systems factors play a major role in the occurrence of medication errors …

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Anaphylaxis notifications under the Public Health and

WEBAnaphylaxis notifications under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 - A guide for Victorian hospitals (October 2018) 6 Purpose of notifying anaphylaxis presentations The …

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1. Anaphylaxis Notifications

WEBrequires all Victorian public and private hospitals to notify the department of all cases presenting to hospital for treatment of anaphylaxis; puts the onus on the hospital to …

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SCHEDULE 8 DRUGS – DRUGS OF ADDICTION

WEBA nurse is authorised to be in possession of Schedule 8 drugs in accordance with a written prescription, and for administration to a patient under their care for whom that …

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Management of medication shortages in NSW

WEBImpact on our patients • Potential for increase in medication errors, patient harm and mortality, resulting from: improper or inadequate drug substitutions, suboptimal care …

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High-cost medicines: overview of CATAG Guiding Principles …

WEBHigh-cost medicines High-cost medicines are: •Frequently highly impactful in the right situation – the critical intervention •Often inaccessible by private pathways

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Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Safer Practice Advisory Tool

WEB1 Version 1.6, October 2019 Neuromuscular Blocking Agents (NMBA) Safer Practice Advisory Tool for Australian hospitals Background Neuromuscular Blocking Agents …

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Victorian Guideline for Replacement of Potassium (To be …

WEB14 mmol potassium per tablet. Potassium chloride oral mixture – Orion potassium chloride mixture. 20 mmol potassium per 15mL. 2. Intravenous potassium chloride supplements. …

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Individual Patient Usage (IPU)/Individual Patient Approval (IPA

WEBThe form is available to be downloaded and modified to suit a hospital’s requirements. As a Word document, text boxes in the form automatically expand when they are full with …

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Victorian Framework for clinical decision support tools for …

WEBVictorian Framework for clinical decision support tools for Anticoagulants 6 Stage 3 – Consolidation CDS provided by participating hospitals were grouped into three …

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Victorian Framework Handling of Hazardous Medicines

WEB3 PURPOSE This document provides a framework to assess risk from the handling of hazardous medicines in healthcare settings and provides strategies to mitigate exposure …

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Multicentre study to develop a medication safety package for …

WEBNon-therapeutic =reason either not provided or non-clinical. ‘Missed medication’=dose not administered within 1 h of the prescribed time included therapeutic reasons, e.g. ‘clinical …

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VicTAG Chemotherapy Audit Toolkit Exclusion Guidelines v1

WEBVicTAG Chemotherapy Audit Toolkit Exclusion Guidelines v1 Last updated: 2/7/19 Automatic Exclusion Guidelines The audit tool has included a number of principles to aid …

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Victorian Framework for handling and disposal of …

WEBVictorian Framework for handling and disposal of Pharmaceutical Waste 4 Glossary Term Definition Container In relation to therapeutic goods, means the vessel, bottle, tube, …

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Cold Chain Management at Austin Health

WEBDirector of Pharmacy: Kent Garrett. Contact: [email protected]. Telephone:(03) 9496 3225 Anne McGrath (Medication Safety Committee) Francine Tanner (Medication Safety …

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