Track 19: Medication Safety
SA Health is committed to enhancing medicines management to improve the safety and quality of medicines used in order to promote optimal patient outcomes.
The SA Health Medication Safety Program and the SA Medication Safety Advisory Group (SAMSAG), the highest SA Health Advisory group promoting medicine safety, are at the heart of this commitment.
Medication safety refers to the use of medications in a safe manner to achieve therapeutic outcomes and improve people’s quality of life while minimizing risks and responding to errors.
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Medication Safety Program
The Medication Safety Program aims to prevent adverse medication events by assisting clinicians and empowering patients to achieve best practice in medication management by implementing proven and sustainable strategies that are integrated across all health settings.
The Program adheres to the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and is guided by state, national, and international objectives.
The Medicines and Technology Programs Branch oversees the Medication Safety Program, which contributes to the overall strategy to improve outcomes from medicine use coordinated by the South Australian Medicines Advisory Committee (SAMAC).
Program initiatives
Medication Safety Program initiatives include:
- Assisting healthcare organizations with medication safety accreditation (National Safety and Quality Health Service Standard 4 – Medication Safety)
- Standardized labels on medicines, fluids, and lines can help reduce the risk of medication administration errors.
- When prescribing and administering medications, use standardized medication terminology, abbreviations, dose expressions, and symbols.
- Standard medication charts are provided for patient care.
- Implementing pharmaceutical reforms to improve medication management for patients transitioning from the hospital to the community by gaining access to medicines through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
- Emphasizing high-risk medications and related strategies.
- Supporting and reporting functions for safety audits.
- Medication safety training and development.
- assisting in the development of state-wide medication-related policies and guidelines
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standard 3 – Medication Safety
In November 2017, the second edition of the NSQHS Standards was published. The second edition will be assessed beginning in January 2019.
The Medication Safety Standard is intended to ensure that clinicians are competent to safely prescribe, dispense, and administer appropriate medications, as well as to monitor medication use. It is also intended to ensure that consumers are well-informed about medicines and understand their specific medication requirements and risks.
Criteria
Clinical governance and quality improvement to support medication management
Organization-wide systems are used to support and promote safety in the procurement, supply, storage, compounding, manufacturing, prescribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring of medicine effects.
Documentation of patient information
When beginning an episode of care, the best possible medication history is recorded for the patient. Clinicians have access to the best possible medication history as well as information about medication allergies and adverse drug reactions.
Continuity of medication management
A patient’s medications are reviewed, and they are given information about their medication needs and risks. When care is transferred, a medication list is given to both the patient and the receiving clinician.
Top 10 best medical Safety colleges in the world
- Harvard University, United States
- University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- Stanford University, United States
- University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Johns Hopkins University, United States
- University of California, Los Angeles, United States
- Yale University, United States
- UCL, United Kingdom
- Imperial College, London
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Sub-tracks of Medication Safety
Safety in Older Adults, Polypharmacy, Opioid Medication Safety, Opioid Medication Safety, Nursing-Sensitive Medication Safety, Drug
-:Medication Safety Associations::-
- Drug Information Association
- The International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology
- The Drug Safety Research Unit (DSRU)
- Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)
- Alliance for Patient Medication Safety
- American Osteopathic Association PSO
- Braden Health PSO
- Center for Patient Safety
- Center for the Assessment of Radiological Sciences PSO
Medication Safety Organizations:
- Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers Patient Safety Organization
- American Medical Foundation Patient Safety Organization
- Anesthesia Patient Safety Organization (ANPSO)
- APMD Quality and Patient Safety Organization, LLC
- Ascension Healthcare Patient Safety Organization
- Atrium Health Patient Safety Organization
- Care Standards Organization, LLC
- Caresyntax Patient Safety Organization
- Carolinas Rehabilitation – Patient Safety Organization
- Cassatt Patient Safety Organization