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This document is a summary of the proceedings of the first Comprehensive Care Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Group meeting.

Identifying patients who may be at risk of harm, and mitigating the risks for those patients is a core part of comprehensive care planning and treatment.

Adoption and utilisation of SNOMED CT-AU and AMT: Safe use of medicines – allergies and adverse drug reactions

This evaluation report summarises Phase 1 of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Hospital Medication Chart (PBS HMC) Project. 

The Summary sheet includes: 

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

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.