Resource library

Reducing medication errors is the focus of a factsheet released today by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.

This article from Best Practice Journal (July 2014) 'How did we get here and how do we fix it' focuses on the increase in prescribing of oxycodone.

This toolkit is designed to help health care staff undertake quality improvement, specifically those working in aged residential care (ARC).

Consumer flyer: help with your medicines is available – ask your pharmacist for advice.

This poster 'Reducing opioid-related harm and building quality improvement capability in New Zealand: a national formative collaborative' was presented at the IHI's 28th annual national forum on quality improvement in health care.

This report presents an evaluation of the Health Quality & Safety Commission-led safe use of opioids national collaborative.

An alert has been issued to highlight the need to clearly differentiate between stroke thrombolysis and myocardial infarction thrombolysis.

Newsletters from the SMM programme for the year 2010

To eliminate the risk associated with the use of error-prone abbreviations, symbols and dose designations when communicating any type of medicine-related information verbally, handwritten, pre-printed or electronically.

This alert highlights recommended actions to reduce the risk in adults of 118.75mg oral metoprolol being administered when metoprolol 11.875mg is prescribed.