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The Analysis of Residential Aged Care Facility Medication Charts 2012 presents research and analysis on medication charts currently in use in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs). The aim of the research and analysis was to collect and classify data related to the content and types of medication charts and systems currently in use across a diverse sample of RACFs proportionately representative of the sector.

This report by the Sub-Committee on Best-Practice Pricing and Clinical Quality Information (the Sub-Committee) was endorsed by the Joint Working Party on Pricing for Safety and Quality in Australian Public Hospitals (JWP) of the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) and the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) on 29 June 2015.

This document is a revision of the Recommendations for Terminology, Abbreviations and Symbols used in the Prescribing and Administration of Medicines (2011). The revision is based on reported adverse events and international trends in error-prone abbreviations. This document aligns with information outlined in the National guidelines for the on-screen display of clinical medicines information.

The Summary sheet includes: 

• Principles for safe, clear and consistent terminology for medicines
• List of safe terms, abbreviations and dose designations for medicines