Many organisations are actively involved in promoting the safe use of medications. These links will provide useful information on different aspects of medication safety.
The Clinical Excellence Commission http://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/ The NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group http://www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au/nswtag/ The Institute for Safe Medication Practice http://www.ismp.org/ The Victorian Medicines Advisory Council http://www.health.vic.gov.au/vmac The National Prescribing Service http://www.nps.org.au/ The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://psnet.ahrq.gov/index.aspx The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care http://www.safetyandquality.org The Therapeutic Goods Administration Office of Medication Safety Monitoring http://www.tga.gov.au/adr/ The National Patient Safety Authority (Medication Zone) http://www.npsa.nhs.uk/patientsafety/medication-zone The Clinical Information Access Program http://www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au
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Medical Management Model
Complaint Management
Correct Patient/Patient ID
Health Care Associated Infections
IIMS (Intranet)
Incident Management
Knowledge Management
Lessons Learned in Quality & Safety (Intranet)
Management of Complaint about a Clinician
Medication Safety
Open Disclosure
Qualified Privilege
Policy Implementation Review Group
RCA Team Leaders (Intranet)
Safety Alert Broadcast System (SABS)
