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Legislative change supports further work on the New Zealand electronic Prescription Service
New legislative changes will allow prescriptions for controlled drugs to be generated electronically instead of handwritten.
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New alert gives advice on the management of transdermal patches
The Commission has issued an alert giving advice on the management of transdermal patches.
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Medication Safety Factsheet
Reducing medication errors is the focus of a factsheet released today by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
- Medication Safety Watch - Issue 2, May 2012
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Gary's story: a consumer perspective on taking warfarin
This is the story of Gary Edwards, a 60-year-old builder from Waitarere Beach, who ended up on Warfarin after a cardiac event.
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Update on Ora® product supply shortage (September 2023)
Due to a manufacturing issue, Ora® products are likely to be in limited supply for the coming months before resupply in early November 2023.
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Medication reconciliation during transitions of care as a patient safety strategy
This review from the Annals of Internal Medicine discusses the use of medication reconciliation as a patient safety tool to reduce the risk of medication errors when patient transfers occur in hospital.
- ALERT 10: Humalog insulin
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Alert 19: Baclofen oral liquid medication alert
This medication alert is to advise that the Aotearoa New Zealand standardised batch sheet for baclofen oral suspension will change to a 1 mg/mL concentration from 1 November 2021.
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ALERT 4: Error-prone abbreviations, symbols and dose designations NOT TO USE
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.