Medicine Safety
Aims of the group:
The group aims to share best practice with respect the supply, prescription, preparation and administration of medication between the critical care units in Greater Manchester. The group aims to work with Medical and Nursing staff as well as pharmacists and other health professionals.
The main objectives of the group are:
- To improve medication safety in critical care units in Manchester
- Share best practice with respect to medication safety in Critical Care units in Manchester
- Share problems about medication safety to help find solutions to those problem
- Bench mark rates of problems with prescription and administration of medications compare how different units are
- Produce audit and teaching resources that can be shared with other units
- To explore using the purchasing power of several critical care units to control costs of medication
- To carry out pilot projects and disseminate their results
The group is chaired by Emma Boxall, Senior Pharmacist at Salford Royal Foundation Trust
Her contact email address is: Emma.Boxall@srft.nhs.uk
To access the Google group and Drop Box associated with the group please email tthomaswork@ntlworld.com
Dates for the RiCON Medication Group in 2018:-
All meetings are from 1-4pm
Thursday 14th June
Thursday 20th September
E-Learning
FLUID FEBRUARY 2018
The medication group are focussing on Fluids during the month of February reminding all that fluids are drugs!
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- Bite size - low phosphate
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- Bite size - Low potassium
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- Bite size - high Potassium
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- Bite size - epidural case study
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- Bite size - second administrator
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- Insulin safety - Dr Jennifer Beynon
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- Single Competency Framework for Prescribing
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- Reducing Prescribing Errors
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- GM Snatch Box Survey
Allergy Awareness E-Learning Package
Please click on the link below to access the e-learning package developed to increase knowledge and awareness of drug allergy in critical care:
ON LINE TUTORIAL
ONLINE TUTORIAL: What to do if the feed is stopped and the insulin is still running.
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- KCL/ Hypokalaemia Guideline
Emma Boxall -
Chair
Karen Berry - Network Lead Nurse
Dr Tina Duff - MRI ACCS
Dr Greg Cook - MRI ACCS
Geraldine Maclean - MRI ACCS
Tony Dunne - MRI ACCS
James Burrow - MRI Cardiac ICU
Sarah Carroll - MRI Cardiac ICU
Atia Rifat - Tameside
Dr Emily Shardlow - Wythenshawe
Martin Catlow - Wythenshawe AICU
Akhila Muthuswamy - Wythenshawe
John McGuiness - Wythenshawe CTCCU
Janet Jeary - Bolton
Janet Calder - Wigan
Kate Brown - Wigan
Helen March - Rochdale
Kay Miller - Oldham
Fiona Angus - Christie
Dr Jonathan Rigg - Stockport
Kate Timlin - Stockport
Jane Sheldon - Stockport
Richard Protheroe - SRH
Susan Sumner - SRH
Jill Bentley - SRH
Janice Murphy - Tameside
- excelmedicationsafety.pdf
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- ICS Standards for Drug Concentrations
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- RiCON Medication Presentation
Drug Library
Papers of Interest