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Managing the risks of using effervescent tablets in children
9 March 2023
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Careful use of effervescent or soluble tablets to deliver part tablet doses for children and neonates can minimise risks of toxicity or suboptimal therapy.
Medication Safety Update
21 June 2024
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A resource collating the latest medication safety communications and publications to inform, support and inspire medication safety improvements.
Guidance on Handling of Injectable Cytotoxic Drugs in Clinical Areas in in NHS Hospitals in the UK (Yellow Cover) Edition 1 July 2018
31 July 2018
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Intended audience: This document is intended as a reference and source of information to the following audiences: Nursing staff who handle cytotoxic chemotherapy (Oncology /…
Preventing parenteral nutrition rapid over-infusion in babies
28 October 2022
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There is a risk of severe harm or death if PN is unintentionally infused too rapidly in babies. Healthcare professionals need to ensure safe practice.
Learning from medication incidents and harms
15 December 2022
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Practical guidance to ensure opportunities to learn from local intelligence, including patient harm are translated into shared local and national learning
Reporting and management of medication incidents and harms
15 December 2022
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High quality reporting and management of incidents and harms ensures opportunities for learning and improving medication safety
Promoting medication incident reporting
15 December 2022
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Increased medication incident reporting provides greater opportunities for learning and improving medication safety
Managing the risks of using liquid oral phenobarbital
2 November 2023
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Minimising the risk of confusion between phenobarbital liquid formulations and awareness of alcohol content may prevent harms.
Including medicines with Risk Minimisation Measures (RMM) in PGDs
16 March 2021
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Medicines with RMM may not be suitable for inclusion within Patient Group Directions (PGDs). If used, the RMM must be stated within the PGD.
Safe practice for handling multiple COVID-19 vaccines
2 March 2021
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A number of COVID-19 vaccines are available, all with different handling and dosing requirements; sites need to plan to reduce the risk of errors
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