Clinical safety risk relating to potentially selecting an incorrect medication for prescribing when the name comprises 2 parts with a prefix
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Clinical safety advisory blog post - availability of Lyumjev insulin products
Post advising GP practices to exercise both caution and monitoring when prescribing Carbamazepine and Diltiazem simultaneously to prevent patient harm.
A quick reference guide is now available to help you manage deferred or delayed care across your practice
Clinical Safety advisory communication regarding issue in relation to the way that eGFR result data extracted from Vision is being displayed on SCI-DC.
Issue with recently updated eGFR calculator in Vision+ available from December 2019. The calculator may be used to estimate renal function in patients.
Improve how you transfer electronic patient records (EPR) using GP2GP in Scotland.
Tags: Clinical Safety
The GP2GP transfer process allows electronic patient records (EPR) to move between GP practices securely. In Scotland, there's a new update to GP2GP that now allows the transfer of clinical Read coded information, as well as scanned information in the patient's record, to move quickly and securely.
Advice on handling sensitive and confidential data
Please be advised of the need to be vigilant when co-prescribing opiates and tricyclic anti-depressants, especially Oxycodone and Amitriptyline, in view of the risk of over-sedation. Extra caution is advised in patients who have underlying respiratory conditions.
Vision has implemented "High Risk" similar drug name warnings to meet requirements and in response to a MHRA drug safety update and ISMP safety alert.