This course promotes the principles and application of safe labelling of medicines in clinical practice. It complies with the SA Health Directive on user-applied labelling of injectable medicines, fluids and lines based on the National Recommendations developed by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. 

Intended Audience: This course is intended for clinical staff involved in direct patient care; in particular, for staff involved in the preparation and administration of injectable medicines in the clinical or ward area.

Content Summary:

On completion of this training you will understand:

• what Labelling for Safety is and why it is important
• examples of medication errors due to unsafe labelling
• how we can make labelling of medicines safer
• the Standard
• how to implement it