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Health literacy medication safety project evaluation report, training tools and resources (August 2013)Evaluation report and resources from Malatest International and resources from Workbase Education Trust for the Commission's health literacy medication safety demonstration project.
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Medication safety, prescribing and the medicines management process in mental healthA review of what is known about medication safety within mental health.
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ALERT 11: DabigatranPurpose: To highlight the risks associated with the use of dabigatran
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ALERT 12: HeparinPurpose: To highlight the risks for patients on heparin and to promote safer practice.
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ALERT 13: Caffeine citrate oral solutionPurpose: To highlight and reduce the risk of inadvertent under or overdosing with caffeine citrate oral solution solution.
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Parent information - Help us to help your childA leaflet about medicines safety for the parents of children coming into hospital.
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Patient information - Help us to help youA leaflet about medicines safety for patients coming into hospital.
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ALERT: Prescribing by weight in childrenThis alert was developed in response to a request by the Health and Disability Commissioner following a case where the dose of medicine for a baby was calculated using a weight recorded as being kilograms when it was actually pounds and ounces.
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ALERT 14: Oral Methotrexate - once weekly dosingThis alert highlights that patient harm and death have occurred when the weekly dosing schedule of methotrexate is inadvertently prescribed, dispensed or administered as an incorrect daily dose.
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Medication Safety FactsheetReducing medication errors is the focus of a factsheet released today by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.