Health service organisations procure medicines for safety. Clinicians are supported to supply, store, compound, manufacture, prescribe, dispense, administer, monitor and safely dispose of medicines.
A patient’s medicines are reviewed, and information is provided to them about their medicines needs and risks. A medicines list is provided to the patient and the receiving clinician when handing over care.
A patient’s best possible medication history is recorded when commencing an episode of care. The best possible medication history, and information relating to medicine allergies and adverse drug reactions are available to clinicians.
Organisation-wide systems are used to support and promote safety for procuring, supplying, storing, compounding, manufacturing, prescribing, dispensing, administering and monitoring the effects of medicines.
Leaders of a health service organisation describe, implement and monitor systems to reduce the occurrence of medication incidents, and improve the safety and quality of medicines use. The workforce uses these systems.
High-risk medicines
Safe and secure storage and distribution of medicines
Information and decision support tools for medicines
Provision of a medicines list
Information for patients
Medication review
Adverse drug reactions
Adverse drug reactions
Adverse drug reactions
Medication reconciliation
Medication reconciliation
Medicines scope of clinical practice
Partnering with consumers
Applying quality improvement systems
Integrating clinical governance