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Taking Your Medicine Safely pamphlet
A medication safety pamphlet for patients.
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Medication Safety Factsheet
Reducing medication errors is the focus of a factsheet released today by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
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Pharmac leaflet on practical tips for giving medicine to kids
This leaflet from Pharmac provides practical tips for giving medicine to babies, toddlers and young children.
- Medication Safety Watch - Issue 2, May 2012
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Parent information - Help us to help your child
A leaflet about medicines safety for the parents of children coming into hospital.
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ALERT 14: Oral Methotrexate - once weekly dosing
This 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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Recommended International Non-proprietary Names (rINNs)
International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) are the official generic names for pharmaceuticals as designated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Poll shows link between abbreviations and medication errors
Nearly half of the 82 participants were unable to read the dose correctly. Many commented on the unusual dose, its poor legibility and the need to contact the doctor before doing anything.
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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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Applying for specify brand advice status
Use this application form to apply for a new or changed specify brand advice listing.