Medication Guidance

Date issued	Type	Title
19/02/09	Rapid Response Report	Reducing risk of harm from oral bowel cleansing solutions
09/12/08	Rapid Response Report	Reducing risk of overdose with Midazolam injection in adults
21/10/08	Rapid Response Report	Risks of omitting Hib when administering Infanrix-IPV+Hib
11/08/08	Rapid Response Report	Using Vinca Alkaloid Minibags (Adult/Adolescent Units)
28/07/08	Rapid Response Report	Problems with infusions and sampling from arterial lines
04/07/08	Rapid Response Report	Reducing Dosing Errors with Opioid Medicines
24/04/08	Rapid Response Report	Risks with Intravenous Heparin Flush Solutions
22/01/08	Rapid Response Report	Risks of incorrect dosing of oral anti-cancer medicines
26/11/07	Rapid Response Report	Fire Hazard with Paraffin Based Skin Products on Dressings and Clothing
10/09/07	Rapid Response Report	Risk of confusion between non-lipid and lipid formulations of injectable amphotericin
18/06/07	Rapid Response Report	Risk of confusion between non-lipid and lipid formulations of cytarabine
28/03/07	Patient safety alert	Reducing the risk of hyponatraemia when administering intravenous fluids to children
28/03/07	Patient safety alert	Safer practice with epidural injections and infusions
28/03/07	Patient safety alert	Promoting safer use of injectable medicines
28/03/07	Patient safety alert	Promoting the safe measurement and administration of liquid medicines via oral and other enteral routes
28/3/07	Patient safety alert	Actions that can make anticoagulant therapy safer
01/06/06	Patient safety alert	Improving compliance with oral methotrexate guidelines
25/06/06	Safer practice notice	NPSA alerts NHS to risks with high dose morphine and diamorphine injections
29/04/05	Safer practice notice	Ensuring safer practice with repevax and revaxis vaccines
29/07/04	Patient safety alert	Methotrexate
23/07/02	Patient safety alert	Potassium chloride concentrated solutions