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Oxycodone: How did we get here and how do we fix it
This article from Best Practice Journal (July 2014) 'How did we get here and how do we fix it' focuses on the increase in prescribing of oxycodone.
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Medication Safety Factsheet
Reducing medication errors is the focus of a factsheet released today by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
- Video: Introducing the safe use of opioids collaborative
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Opioid implementation package
This package outlines the next steps and what the options are to make a significant difference in opioid-induced adverse drug events.
- Medication Safety Watch - Issue 2, May 2012
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Parent information - Help us to help your child
A leaflet about medicines safety for the parents of children coming into hospital.
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Pharmac leaflet on practical tips for giving medicine to kids
This leaflet from Pharmac provides practical tips for giving medicine to babies, toddlers and young children.
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ALERT: Prescribing by weight in children
This alert was developed in response to a request by the Health and Disability Commissioner following a case where the dose of medicine for a baby was calculated using a weight recorded as being kilograms when it was actually pounds and ounces.
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Consumer research: Safer prescribing and dispensing of medicines
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission (Te Tāhū Hauora) is working alongside other agencies to support safer prescribing and dispensing of medicines. The full report on this project and a summary of the report are available here.
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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.