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Publications
- Safety alerts
- Medication Safety Alerts
- High Risk Medication Alert - Vincristine
- High Risk Medication Alert - Intravenous Potassium Chloride
- Commission Publications
- National Medication Safety and Quality Scoping Study Committee Report April 2009 (PDF 1882 KB)
- Literature review: medication safety in acute care in Australia 2008 (PDF 455 KB)
- National terminology, abbreviations and symbols to be used in the prescribing and administering of medicines in Australian hospitals (PDF 332 KB)
- Windows into Safety and Quality in Health Care 2008 (PDF 521 KB) – Chapter 4 Medication safety: Will adverse drug events be reduced.
- Former Council publications
- National Medication Safety Breakthrough Collaborative (NMSBC) Publications
- Second National Report on Patient Safety – Improving Medication Safety (PDF 883 KB)
- 10 Tips for Safer Health Care: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Other useful publications
- Medication Safety in the Community: A Review of the Literature - June 2009 by the National Prescribing Service Ltd (PDF 1049 KB)
- Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee (APAC) Guiding principles to achieve continuity in medication management
- Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee (APAC) Guiding principles for medication management in the community
- Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee (APAC) Guidelines for medication management in residential aged care facilities
- Pharmaceutical Defence Limited - Similar or commonly confused medication names 2009 (PDF 112 KB)
