- anticoagulant medicines;
- liquid medicines administered via oral and other enteral routes;
- injectable medicines;
- epidural injections and infusions;
- paediatric intravenous infusions.
Included in the alert notices are a range of practical tools and resources to support healthcare professionals and NHS organisations with implementation. This work forms the Safe Medication Practice Work Programme for 2007-8, a joint initiative with the Department of Health and the Welsh Assembly Government. (NPSA - news)