Patient Safety

Medsafe officials and police are working together to monitor illegal sales of pharmacy-only and prescription medicines on social media sites

Police in Samoa have filed a manslaughter charge against a nurse over the death of two babies last month after they received the MMR vaccine

Medsafe is aware of a US warning that the antibiotic azithromycin can be harmful to blood and lymph node cancer patients who have undergone stem cell transplants

A nurse has apologised after accidentally giving a 12-year-old patient Boostrix instead of Gardasil  

New Australian data highlights a big public health problem

Nearly  a  half  of  patients  don’t  understand  the  possible  side  effects  of  their  medication,  but  a  survey  from  the  Health  Quality  &  Safety  Commission  is  enabling  health  providers  to  share  initiatives  to  improve  this

The Pharmacy Council says an incident where a baby was hospitalised after a Hawke’s Bay pharmacy dispensed the wrong medication will end up before the Health and Disability Commissioner

A warfarin patient's INR level spiking to dangerous levels is a wake-up call for patients taking turmeric products, and their pharmacists

A warning over the safety of a popular herbal supplement has led to questions over whether non-pharmacists should be allowed to sell dietary products on internet auction site Trade Me

Long-term use of diclofenac without gastro-protective prophylaxis contributed to the death of a