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A presentation by Dr Ian Coombes, A/Director & Nina Muscillo, Senior Pharmacist Safe Medication Management Unit

The Commission has revised the National Tall Man Lettering List to include cloBAZam in the benzodiazepine class of medicines, based on the reporting of adverse events and near misses and its high similarity and likelihood of confusion with another benzodiazepine: CLONAZepam.

This User Guide describes best practice strategies under each of the 28 specific actions to support organisations to deliver effective medication management in cancer services.

The purpose of this guide is to provide clinicians with evidence-based strategies to support them to understand and fulfil their roles and responsibilities. It combines information from a range of existing guides and resources, including the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards User Guide for Medication Management in Cancer Care.

The purpose of this tool is to allow cancer services to review the uptake of clinical governance roles and responsibilities by their medical oncologists, haematologists, nurses, pharmacists and managers working in its cancer care areas.

This guidance outlines strategies and principles developed to address safe selection and storage of all medicines, including look-alike, sound-alike (LASA) medicines.

This survey tool provides Australian health service organisations with a set of 14 principles supported by a variety of risk reduction strategies. The tool should be used in conjunction with the Principles for the safe selection and storage of medicines – Guidance and survey tool.

Quality Use of Medicines and Medicines Safety was made the 10th National Health Priority Area in 2019 by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Health Council. The Commission are developing a National Baseline Report on Quality Use of Medicines and Medicines Safety in response to this initiative. This discussion paper was published to support the public consultation which informed Phase 1 of the National Baseline Report.

Sepsis Program Oversight Group (SPOG) membership list to support the work of the National Sepsis Program. 

National Sepsis Clinical Reference Group (NSCRG) membership list to support the work of the National Sepsis Program. 

An overview of the healthcare rights patients can expect including access, safety, respect, partnership, information, privacy and giving feedback.

A comprehensive guide to the healthcare rights patients can expect including access, safety, respect, partnership, information, privacy and giving feedback.

Understanding My Healthcare Rights: a guide for consumers - A4 Print version

Understanding My Healthcare Rights: a guide for consumers - Word accessible version

Understanding My Healthcare Rights: a summary booklet - accessible version

Delivering comprehensive care is delivered when conditions support the healthcare workforce to provide person-centred value-based care.

This guide has been designed to help you when things don’t go to plan in your health care. It will also be useful if something hasn’t gone to plan in the care of a relative, friend, or someone you care for.

This guide talks about health services (including hospitals) and doctors and nurses, but also covers health care provided in other health facilities and by other healthcare providers.

This medication skills assessment is intended for nursing and care staff in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) who deliver medicine/s to residents using the National Residential Medication Chart (NRMC). 

The electronic tool is designed to measure use of the pre-printed NIMC VTE prophylaxis section safety elements. It can be used to collect pre-implementation and post-implementation audit data, and report on audit data.

The User Guide has been developed to provide information on how to conduct an audit of the NIMC VTE prophylaxis section, and how to use the Excel audit and reporting tool.