As articles of interest to healthcare professionals around medications and medication management become available, our clinical staff at MIMS will review and place here so that you have some of the latest information on issues being addressed by other healthcare organisations and professionals.
Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) Report - Early Implementation 2016-17
Antimicrobial Resistance is on the lips of each and every health care professional not only in Australia but around the world. A recent report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) In this international report, tells us the most commonly reported resistant bacteria were E. coli, Klebsiella, Staph. aureus, and Strep pneumoniae. There were huge variations in rates of antimicrobial resistance to commonly used antibiotics in different countries. This report was published in the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy and is certainly worth sharing again via MIMS Matters with all our subscribers and readers
Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Healthcare
In this link:
- Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Electronic Medication Management Systems
- Medication Charts
- Medication Reconciliation
- Medication Safety Alert
- And more…
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, USA
In this link:
- Errors associated with the use of smart infusion pumps
- Dosing errors in children are associated with inadequate national standards for medication dosing based on patient weight and age
- High rates of adverse events in long-term care facilities found during the ordering and monitoring stages of care
- PDA-based drug information sources improve medication safety
- Medication safety guide for evaluating best practices in ambulatory care is available
- Potential medication dosing errors among children are common in outpatient pediatrics using both hand-written and electronic prescriptions
- Toolkit can help hospitals identify and implement successful techniques for reconciling medications at admission
