NSW Health, through the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC), is establishing a new digital Life Saving Drugs Register tracking vital stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new, digital register will update daily and pinpoint the exact location of these life-saving drugs to specific NSW public hospital departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The medicines on the Life Saving Drugs Register include those used to treat paracetamol overdose, snake and spider bites and poisoning from heavy metals, including 31 antidotes and 10 antivenoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The newly upgraded register will streamline the process for locating these medicines in time-critical emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The register replaces a web-based Excel spreadsheet updated every six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After confirming the location of the medicines, the digital register can connect to online maps showing the quickest route from the patient\u2019s location to the medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new digital register is also accessible from mobile devices to support frontline workers caring for NSW patients in diverse and challenging environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The register links to evidence-based guidelines to give health workers direction on the most appropriate use of these vital medications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
People suspecting an overdose, poisoning, snake or spider bite are urged to call healthdirect 1800 022 222, NSW Poisons Information Centre 131126 or 000 if there are serious safety concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Health Ryan Park said:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are announcing today, the creation of a one-stop-shop for life saving drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThrough this initiative, frontline emergency workers will be able to rapidly access critical lifesaving medicines for patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis register will inform frontline workers of the nearest location of the medicines their patients need \u2013 saving time and saving lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are modernising our health system, finding efficiencies with new and innovative initiatives \u2013 I\u2019ve always said, where we can do things better, we will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n CEC Chief Executive Prof Michael Nicholl said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe new register will help ensure NSW patients are better able to access life-saving drugs, either by having medications urgently transferred or patients transported to the most appropriate hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe register has moved from a web-based Excel spreadsheet updated every six months, to a dynamic webpage with daily stock updates from each hospital\u2019s pharmacy dispensing software.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n St George Hospital Emergency Specialist Dr Trevor Chan said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese highly specialised medications are designed for very unwell patients and need to be used quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe register supports health workers to find stock and ensure it is used with appropriate clinical guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NSW Health, through the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC), is establishing a new digital Life Saving Drugs Register tracking vital stock. The new, digital register will update daily and pinpoint the exact location of these life-saving drugs to specific NSW public hospital departments. The medicines on the Life Saving Drugs Register include those used to treat … Continue reading “Life Saving Drugs Register tracks critical patient treatments”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23571,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23570\/revisions\/23571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}