Medication Safety Evidence Briefings

Medication Safety Evidence Briefings

Evidence briefings on interventions to improve medication safety


Project members

 


Professor Johanna Westbrook
Professor and Director


Dr Magda Raban
Senior Research Fellow

 


Dr Ryan McMullan 
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

 

Project contact

Dr Magda Raban  
T: +61 2 9850 2433
E: magda.raban@mq.edu.au

Project description

Medication errors remain one of the largest causes of harm in hospitals. Hospitals manage medication safety through a variety of interventions, such as managing interruptions during medication administration, double-checking processes and the implementation of information technology. In this project, a series of literature reviews were conducted on key interventions to improve medication safety in hospitals.

Background and aims

This project was commissioned by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission). The commission promotes, supports and encourages the implementation of safety and quality initiatives in Australia. The aim of this project was to prepare Evidence Briefings on six key medication safety interventions in hospitals:

Literature reviews were conducted and the evidence on each of the interventions summarised for the Australian context. The Evidence Briefings are available here.

Project status

Current

Centres related to this project

Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research

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