When a patient’s care is transferred to another clinician, a current and accurate list of medicines, including reasons for change, is given to that clinician. Some transition points are more prone to error and require special attention, such as:
Warning
Evidence suggests that patient safety risks are associated with the use of patient identification bands. These risks include:
The labels listed on this page are for:
The posters group labels according to intended route of administration and are available in PDF and Word formats. They may be altered to reflect the mix of labels needed in specific clinical areas.
These guidelines support health service organisations to meet the requirements of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, particularly the Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard.
The 2021 National Consensus Statement outlines the:
The Commission provides a range of eLearning modules free of charge to support health service organisations to implement infection prevention and control and hand hygiene workforce training. These include:
The National Clinical Handover Initiative Pilot Program involved 56 hospitals in six jurisdictions, including primary and aged care services.
Tools and solutions developed through the pilot program included: