The Commission and NPS Better Choices Better Health have jointly developed a resource to highlight to consumers the importance of knowing about the medicines they use and having an up-to-date medicines list.
Consumer Information sheet: Mistakes can happen with your medicines
The A4 consumer information leaflet provides helpful tips on how consumers can be involved in preventing medicine mistakes when going in and coming out of hospital, changing wards or seeing different health professionals. The main message is to keep track of all the medicines they are using with the use of a Medicines List and showing this information when they visit a health professional or are admitted to hospital.
A4 Consumer information leaflet (PDF 201 KB)
A4 Consumer information leaflet (InDesign files 2.72MB)
Consumer Information wallet: Important information about your medicines
The A5-sized consumer information wallet provides helpful tips on how patients can be involved in preventing medicine mistakes when going in and coming out of hospital, changing wards or seeing different health professionals. The main message is to keep track of all the medicines they are using with the use of a Medicines List and showing this information when they visit a health professional or are admitted to hospital. An NPS Medicines List is included.
The printed wallets are designed to be provided to patients on discharge from hospital and can hold the discharge medicines list and other medicines information eg CMI. Limited copies of the printed wallets including a Medicines List are available from the Commission. Contact mail@safetyandquality.gov.au to order copies.
NPS Better Choices Better Health has a range of educational materials available for consumers as part of their Be MedicineWise campaign which are available at: http://www.nps.org.au/consumers
