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Medication Forum

Improving Medicine Safety

The Network medication safety forum was established in 2014 in response to local incident data that identified frequent medication errors and associated harm events. The forum consists of representatives from each trust’s critical care unit from pharmacy, medical and nursing staff along with clinical educators. Terms of reference have been agreed and the forum meet quarterly with a standard agenda item being the medication errors reported from each unit over the past 3 months. In this way members are able to identify themes and trends and tailor the improvement activity accordingly. Current improvement areas include: -
  • Reducing delays in antibiotic administration
  • Exploring the feasibility of adopting a standard noradrenaline concentration of 8mg/50ml (readymade vial)
  • Introduction of a Network guideline for inotrope syringe changes
  • Development of standards for arterial flush solution

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  • Home
  • About US
    • Critical Care Network
    • Major Trauma Network
    • Network Trusts >
      • Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
      • East Lancashire NHS Hospitals Trust
      • Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
      • University Hospitals of Morcambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
    • Network Stakeholders
    • Operational Delivery Network Board
    • Network Team
    • Contact Us
  • Network Forums
    • Meeting Dates
    • Major Trauma Forums >
      • Major Trauma Clinical Effectiveness Group >
        • Major Trauma Clinical Effectiveness Group Members Area
      • Major Trauma Education Forum
      • Major Trauma Transfer Forum
      • Major Trauma Rehabilitation Forum
    • Critical Care Forums >
      • Critical Care Clinical Effectiveness Group >
        • Critical Care Clinical Effectiveness Group Members Area
      • Critical Care QILs >
        • QILS Members Area
      • Critical Care Workforce Education & Training Forum
      • Critical Care Outreach Forum
      • Critical Care Rehabilitation Forum
      • ACCP Forum
      • North West Independent Sector Collaboration
      • Medication
  • Patient & Carers
    • Patient/ Carers Information
    • Major Trauma Patient/ Carers Information
    • Critical Care Patient/Carers Information
  • Guidelines
    • Major Trauma Guidelines
    • Critical Care Guidelines
  • COVID-19
  • Education & Training
    • Transfer Training
    • Critical Care Competency Frameworks
    • Major Trauma Competency Frameworks
    • E-Learning Resources
  • Useful links