Add this result to my export selection NPSA Rapid Response Report: Preventing fatalities from medication loading doses. A UKMI risk assessment tool to support local implementation Source: Specialist Pharmacy Service (Remove filter) Published by Specialist Pharmacy Service, 17 August 2020 This updated document, which supports the NPSA rapid response report on preventing fatalities from medication loading doses, provides a comprehensive list of medications for which a loading dose is... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection In use product safety assessment report for infliximab biosimilars - update Source: Specialist Pharmacy Service (Remove filter) Published by Specialist Pharmacy Service, 15 April 2020 This assessment summarises practical in-use safety considerations associated with the use of infliximab products. The updated document now includes Remsima subcutaneous and Zessly® in addition to... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Administration of tobramycin via a nebuliser Source: Specialist Pharmacy Service (Remove filter) Published by Specialist Pharmacy Service, 12 March 2020 If it is necessary to administer tobramycin injection via nebuliser instead of licensed nebuliser solution then it is critical a phenol-free formulation of injection is used. This document outlines... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection In Use Product Safety Assessment Report For Fiasp® (Insulin Aspart) Source: Specialist Pharmacy Service (Remove filter) Published by Specialist Pharmacy Service, 02 March 2020 The addition of another insulin aspart product to the two already available has the potential to create further confusion in the prescribing, dispensing, and administration of these products. This... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Reporting suspected COVID-19 vaccine side effects, product defects and counterfeit products Source: Specialist Pharmacy Service (Remove filter) Published by Specialist Pharmacy Service, 14 January 2021 This page contains advice on reporting suspected side effects to COVID-19 vaccines, and discusses the correct mechanisms for reporting suspected defective products and counterfeit products. Read Summary Type: Medicines Current Awareness (Add filter) Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Provision of mental health care to patients presenting at the emergency department (PDF) Source: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (Remove filter) 22 November 2018 In England, it is estimated that 5% of all hospital emergency department attendances are primarily due to mental ill-health. Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Wrong patient details on blood sample (PDF) Source: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (Remove filter) 23 September 2019 Wrong blood in tube (WBIT) incidents can occur when blood samples are taken from patients and are either miscollected (blood is taken from the wrong patient but labelled with the correct patient... Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Inadvertent administration of an oral liquid medicine into a vein (PDF) Source: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (Remove filter) 08 April 2019 This investigation emphasises that complex and fragmented medicine safety processes are putting patients across the country at risk. Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Piped supply of medical air and oxygen (PDF) Source: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (Remove filter) 26 February 2019 This investigation focuses on the design and implementation of patient safety alerts. Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Recognising and responding to critically unwell patients (PDF) Source: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (Remove filter) 20 May 2019 Problems in recognising and responding to deteriorating patients continues to be a major source of severe harm and preventable death in hospitals. Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)