Add this result to my export selection Patient safety alert : improving medication error incident reporting and learning (PDF) Source: NHS England (Remove filter) Published by NHS England, 20 March 2014 NHS England and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have jointly issued two patient safety alerts to help healthcare providers increase incident reporting for medication errors... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Patient safety alert : risk of death and serious harm by falling from hoists (PDF) Source: NHS England (Remove filter) Published by NHS England, 28 October 2015 A joint patient safety alert has been issued by NHS England and the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to highlight the risk of falls from hoists. The alert has been issued... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Patient safety alert : improving medical device incident reporting and learning (PDF) Source: NHS England (Remove filter) Published by NHS England, 20 March 2014 NHS England and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have jointly issued two patient safety alerts to help healthcare providers increase incident reporting for medication errors... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Patient safety alert : risks arising from breakdown and failure to act on communication during handover at the time of discharge from secondary care (PDF) Source: NHS England (Remove filter) Published by NHS England, 29 August 2014 This patient safety alert has been issued by NHS England as part of its work to improve the quality and timeliness of communication with primary and social care when patients are discharged from... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Ibuprofen and coronavirus (COVID-19) Source: NHS England (Remove filter) Published by NHS England, 14 April 2020 Commission on Human Medicines has concluded there is currently insufficient evidence to establish a link between use of ibuprofen, or other NSAIDs, and contracting or worsening of COVID-19. Patients... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Alert regarding appropriate rate for oxygen usage issued Source: NHS England (Remove filter) Published by NHS England, 07 April 2020 With hospitals now treating a large proportion of inpatients for COVID19 infection, the draw of oxygen from the storage tank is exceptionally high and may result in some hospitals drawing more oxygen... Read Summary SPS comment Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Steroid Emergency Card to support early recognition and treatment of adrenal crisis in adults Source: NHS England (Remove filter) Published by NHS England, 13 August 2020 Alert stipulates all eligible patients should be issued with Steroid Emergency Card; and processes put in place to check if patient has card ahead of any emergency treatment, elective surgery, or... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Novel Coronavirus: Advice for the NHS in England (updated 10th March) Source: NHS England (Remove filter) Published by NHS England, 10 March 2020 Updated advice now states that to improve case detection in those with no geographic link, patients requiring admission should be tested regardless of travel history if they have... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Novel Coronavirus - Anti-inflammatory medications Source: NHS England (Remove filter) Published by NHS England, 17 March 2020 The alert advises, that given the lack of clarity, and in the interim of a review of the evidence being produced by NICE, patients who have confirmed Covid-19 or believe they have Covid-19 should be... Read Summary SPS comment Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection National Patient Safety Alert – Foreign body aspiration during intubation, advanced airway management or ventilation (PDF) Source: NHS England (Remove filter) Published by NHS England, 01 September 2020 Alert warns loose items unintentionally introduced into airway during intubation, ventilation or advanced airway management can lead to partial/complete airway blockage or obstruction. Complications... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)