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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.
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Medication Reconciliation in the Hospital: What, Why, Where, When, Who and How?Authors from the University of Toronto take a closer look at the key questions of medicine reconciliation in this Healthcare Quarterly article
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Pharmac leaflet explaining medicine brand changesThis leaflet from Pharmac explains why brand names, appearance and packaging of your medicines may have changed.
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Pharmac leaflet on practical tips for giving medicine to kidsThis leaflet from Pharmac provides practical tips for giving medicine to babies, toddlers and young children.
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Metoprolol oral administration - draft alertThe Medication Safety Expert Advisory Group is developing a full alert following release of a safety signal issued in October 2012 on oral metoprolol administration.