University:
University of Wolverhampton
Course:
4PY019 | Pharmacy
Academic year:

2024
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297

Pages:

3
Author:

Sara

learning outcomes 1. are medicines always safe? 2. who is responsible for drug safety? 3. what can we do to make medicines safe? what are the 3 key questions when it comes to medication safety? what campaign was proposed by the NHS with regards to medication safety? Sign up to Safety •“ avoidable harm, ‘ patient safety what does the NHS 5 year plan mention w/regards to patient safety? closing gaps in: •health + wellbeing •care and quality •finance and efficiency what is the cost of adverse drug reac- 170 million, ~15% of admissions are due tions on the nHS? to ADRs Prevalence and Economic burden of Medication errors on NHS England what study looked into the medication error burden? what is morbidity? incidence of a notifiable disease what is mortality? number of deaths in a population what is incidence? the no of new cases of a disease of population at risk in a given period of time what is prevalence? the number of cases of a certain disease in a given time what is WHO's 3rd global challenge? medication without harm 1/3 1. HCPs 2. medicines 3. systems and what are the 4 key action areas in WHO's practises of medication 3rd global challenge? 4. patients + the public what is a SLWG? short life working group who provide info to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what is the National MSP? National Medicines Safety Programme 1. high risk drugs e.g. cisplatin, opioids what are the 3 key areas of the National 2. high risk parts of the medicines use MSP? process 3. patients with the highest vulnerabilities what is the Medicines Safety Thermometer? measure harm reported in a survey •used alongside other measures to provide care that is free from harm how can we distinguish between different types of ADRs and MEs? what is a medication error? failure in the drug treatment process, through omission or commission, that leads to (or has the potential to) harm to the patient when can ME occur? choosing a medicine > writing the prescription > manufacturing the formulation > dispensing the formulation > admin2/3 istering or taking the drug > monitoring treatment what are the two types of MEs? omission (not-doing) or commission (doing) MEs by omission: MEs by commission: what are the 5 rights of prescribing? right patient > right drug > right dose > right route > right time (& patient has right to refuse) what is CDS? Clinical Decision Support 3/3