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Endorsed Inpatient Medication Charts for ADULTS in WA public hospitals
- Implementation of the NIMC (Operational Circular OP2080/06)
- WA NIMC 2010 for short stay patients (PDF 268KB)
- WA Long Stay NIMC 2010 (PDF 250KB)
- WA Variable Dose Chart (PDF 101KB)
Endorsed Specialist Medication Charts for ADULTS in WA public hospitals
Endorsed Inpatient Medication Charts for PAEDIATRIC patients in WA public hospitals
- WA Paediatric National Inpatient Medication Chart (Operational Directive OD0298/10)
- WA Paediatric NIMC 2010 for short stay patients (PDF 552KB)
- WA Paediatric Long Stay NIMC 2010 (PDF 502KB)
NEONATAL Medication Chart - developed and used at King Edward Memorial Hospital
Background
In July 2003, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (formerly the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care) established a National Medication Chart Working Group to provide leadership and direction to reduce patient harm resulting from medication error. The introduction of a common medication chart was considered a significant quality improvement strategy aimed at reducing patient harm resulting from errors in the medication documentation processes. Quality and safety improvements were proposed through standardising processes of communication, optimising workflow patterns and introducing functions to improve the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines.
In April 2004, Australia's Health Ministers agreed that in order to reduce harm to patients from medication errors, all public hospitals would be using a common medication chart by June 2006. This meant that the same chart would be used wherever a doctor or nurse works and wherever a patient was within a public hospital.
In December 2008 Australian Health Ministers endorsed the paediatric versions of the short-stay and long-stay National Inpatient Medication Chart for use in public hospitals in Australia whenever paediatric patients are treated. The paediatric charts were developed by Children’s Hospital Australasia, under the auspices of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC).
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