Medication Safety Week
Medication Safety Week commenced the week beginning October 23 rd , with the aim to promote the safe and quality use of medications.
Patient information leaflets on Medication Safety on Discharge and Safe Use of Medicines Launch of the online platform for the Life Saving Drugs register There was a quiz, some chocolates and lollies and some prizes. Congratulations to Dr Roger Lu from the Cardiolo- gy team and Olga Zapral from Peri - Op nursing who both won a prize for participating in the quiz. The question that intrigued most participants was ‘ Spironolactone tablets smell like: a) Mint b) Cha- nel No.5 c) Vanilla. The answer is Mint. Thanks to all that engaged with the promotion.
NSLHD healthcare professionals are called to action to reduce risk of medication related patient harm by carrying out the following: 1. Documenting and reviewing adverse drug reactions 2. Carrying out medication reconciliation and medica- tion review 3. Partnering with consumers and making share deci- sions around medication management 4. Providing consumers with tailored written and verbal medication information 5. Using appropriate resources to guide prescribing, dis- pensing and administration of medications 6. Reporting medication incidents, including near miss- es, to ims+ 7. Being aware of high - risk medications and their risk mitigation strategies
During October the Ryde Hospital Pharmacists presented to the October Facility Wide Nursing Education program on the following Medication Safety topics; • Medication Management at Transfer of Care. • The NSW Medicines Formulary. • Medication Management of patients who are Nil By Mouth or have swallowing difficulties. • Management of the severely agitated older person. Ryde Hospital had a stand in the main entrance foyer to share infor- mation on how all NSLHD healthcare professionals can promote safety in medication management, including; New NSW Medicines Formulary Standard 4 Medication Safety checklist which patient care areas can use to prepare for accreditation Use of Unlicensed and Off - Label Medications NSLHD procedure
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