Medicines information error database established
MI pharmacists should report errors via new database |
A new database of medication errors and near misses for use by those working in medicines information has been set up by the UK
Medicines Information clinical governance working group.
The scheme will act as an internal monitoring service within NHS medicines
information services and is intended to complement, rather than replace,
existing
reporting systems within the NHS.
Users will therefore need to report any medication errors and near misses
through their primary care trust’s system as well as into the new
medicines information database website.
An additional database is needed, Julia Horwood of the UKMi clinical
governance working group explained, because, although PCTs should record
all medication errors, the data cannot be easily
extracted and do not contain sufficient detail to allow for the analyses
that UKMi need to conduct.
The data gathered by the new site will, in time, be
forwarded to the National Patient Safety Agency. |
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