National Inpatient Medication Chart Online Training Course Acknowledgements

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Source materials

The NIMC online training course has been written and developed by NPS MedicineWise using the following source materials with permission from the respective organisations/institutions:

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare

• National Inpatient Medication Chart User Guide including the paediatric versions July 2010
• National terminology, abbreviations and symbols to be used in the prescribing and administering of medicines in Australian hospitals
• NIMC local management guidelines
• Improving patient medication safety in Australia World Health Organization’s High 5s Project

Paediatric Therapeutics Program, University of NSW and Sydney Children’s Hospital

• Paediatric NIMC fact sheet (PDF 85 KB)
• Paediatric NIMC PowerPoint presentation with speakers notes(PDF 2325 KB)

Sydney Children’s Hospital

• Sydney Children’s Hospital allergy and adverse drug reaction definitions (PDF 52 KB)

SA Health

• Spell it out

Reviewers

NPS MedicineWise would like to thank the following reviewers who invested a considerable amount of time and expertise in reviewing the content of this course.

Ms Elaine Chan, Renal Pharmacist, Westmead Hospital, NSW

Ms Jan deClifford, Medication Safety Officer & Senior clinical pharmacist, Peninsula Health, QLD

Dr Madlen Gazarian, Head, Paediatric Therapeutics Program, School of Women's and Children's Health, University of NSW & Paediatric Clinical Pharmacologist, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW

Mr Tristan Hughes, Senior Specialist Pharmacist: Quality Use of Medicines, Medication Strategy and Reform, Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania

Ms Lorraine Koller, Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Westmead Hospital, NSW

Mr Jonathan Nugent, Pharmacist, Princess Margaret Hospital, WA

Ms Karen O’Leary, Policy and Projects Manager, The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia

Ms Carol Reid, A/ Senior Clinician Manager, Medication Services Queensland

Dr Jessica Schluter, Medication Safety Officer, Medication Services Queensland

Mrs Sonya Stacey, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Children's Health Services, QLD

Ms Rachael Worthington, Senior Pharmacist - Medication Safety, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW

Ms Karen Ziegelaar, Clinical Initiatives Coordinator, Safety, Quality and Performance, Child and Adolescent Health Service, WA

Other contributors

NPS MedicineWise would like to thank the following individuals and committees for their input and contribution to the development of this course.

Dr Graeme Bedford, Policy Team Manager, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

National Inpatient Medication Chart Oversight Committee, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Dr Ian Tang, Medical practitioner, NSW