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Medication administration

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  1. Extravasation

    Extravasation is the accidental leakage of any liquid from a vein into the surrounding tissues when administering solutions such as medication or fluids, which can cause serious harm to the patient.
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    Reducing harm of extravasations in IV medicine administration (27 January 2025)
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  1. SMASH! The Salford medication safety dashboard (BMJ, 1 July 2018)

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  2. Explore England's prescribing data

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  3. NHS England: Support for prescribers

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  4. The Salford Medication Safety Dashboard (SMASH)

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    • 1,827 views

  5. Drug-name confusion: reminder to be vigilant for potential errors (MHRA, 9 January 2018)

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  6. Patient Safety Authority Department of Health: Final recommendation to ensure accurate patient weights (8 September 2018)

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  7. WANDS – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust's medication administration checklist

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  8. Institute for Safe Medication Practices: Medication Safety Alert! Video - Episode 1 (July 2016)

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    • 1,188 views

  9. Professional guidance on the administration of medicines in healthcare settings (January 2019)

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  10. NICE/SCIE - Giving medicines covertly: A quick guide for care home managers and home care managers providing medicines support (2019)

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  11. Effectiveness of a ‘Do not interrupt’ bundled intervention to reduce interruptions during medication administration: a cluster randomised controlled feasibility study

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