Resource library | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

The purpose of this background paper was to present a précis of the policy and clinical framework for end-of-life care within the Australian acute healthcare setting and as interpreted by consumers, clinicians and policy makers in 2013.

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National Recommendations for User-applied Labelling of Injectable Medicines, Fluids and Lines: Evaluation of label adherence to single use and reusable hollowware containers used in the operating room – Report 1

2013

Publication, report or update

Evidence Briefings on Interventions to Improve Medication Safety Volume 1, Issue 1: June 2013: Bar code medication administration systems

2013

Publication, report or update

Evidence Briefings on Interventions to Improve Medication Safety Volume 1, Issue 2: June 2013: Automated dispensing systems

2013

Publication, report or update

Evidence Briefings on Interventions to Improve Medication Safety Volume 1, Issue 5: September 2013: Electronic medication administration records

2013

Publication, report or update

Improving the safety and quality of pharmacy dispensing labels: National round table report 2013

2013

Publication, report or update

Literature Review: Medication Safety in Australia

2013

Publication, report or update

National Recommendations for User-applied Labelling of Injectable Medicines, Fluids and Lines: Evaluation of standardised medicine line labels for medicines in dedicated continuous infusions

2013

Publication, report or update

NIMC VTE prophylaxis auditing and reporting tools

2013

Audit, monitoring or reporting tool

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.