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Consumer flyer: Ask your pharmacist for advice about your medicines
Consumer flyer: help with your medicines is available – ask your pharmacist for advice.
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Some medicines for epilepsy, mental health, and pain can harm your unborn baby
A booklet and a flyer from ACC with information for people who could get pregnant, and their families and whānau, understand the risks and benefits of taking anti-seizure medicines for epilepsy, mental health and pain.
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Jessica Nand and Dr Mark Beale talk about medicine reconciliation in NZ
Jessica Nand (pharmacist) and Mark Beale (doctor) talk about medicine reconciliation.
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Acetylcysteine for the treatment of paracetamol overdose and toxicity – 2-bag dosing guidance
New dosing guidance for acetylcysteine for the treatment of paracetamol overdose and toxicity issued in January 2019.
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Medicine reconciliation guidance tools and training materials
Medicine reconciliation guidance tools and training materials.
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Just and fair culture
This training video illustrates the principles of a just and fair culture; in a just culture, people feel safe and secure to speak up when an error occurs.
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National medication chart toolkit, user guide and medication charting standard (updated February 2021)
The medication charting toolkit has been prepared for health practitioners who are implementing the national medication chart and/or conducting education and training on how to use the national medication chart.
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Medication Reconciliation in the Hospital: What, Why, Where, When, Who and How?
Authors from the University of Toronto take a closer look at the key questions of medicine reconciliation in this Healthcare Quarterly article
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Health literacy medication safety project evaluation report, training tools and resources (August 2013)
Evaluation report and resources from Malatest International and resources from Workbase Education Trust for the Commission's health literacy medication safety demonstration project.
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Pain-relieving medicines for acute pain – information for patients
The Health Quality & Safety Commission, Choosing Wisely and the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists have developed an information leaflet to help patients, caregivers and whānau use opioid medicines safely, to manage non-cancer pain.