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Safe and secure handling, spillage and disposal of COVID-19 vaccines
19 August 2022
Risk assessing transcribing for administration
22 February 2022
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Various factors affect the risks associated with using transcribing for medicines administration.
Reversing an adult opioid overdose with naloxone in the medical setting
18 October 2022
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A patient safety alert highlighted the risks of giving inappropriate doses of naloxone. This page guides on using appropriate intravenous doses.
Responding to medication safety alerts and notifications
15 December 2022
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Healthcare professionals responsible for medication safety in their organisation must deliver an appropriate response to safety alerts
Resources to support learning from medication incidents and harms
15 December 2022
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Organisations should utilise resources to effectively drive improvement based on the learning from incidents, concerns, disputes and claims
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
Quality Improvement Alert - Cold Chain Management of COVID-19 Vaccines
19 May 2021
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An SPS quality improvement alert to highlight the requirements for safe and effective cold storage of COVID-19 vaccines
Promoting medication incident reporting
15 December 2022
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Increased medication incident reporting provides greater opportunities for learning and improving medication safety
Product Risk Assessment Tools
15 March 2016
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Product risk assessment tools to support NHS organisations to identify risk resultant from medicinal product presentation.
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.
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