The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority (HA) today (November 26) published the latest issue of the biannual Medication Safety Bulletin (MSB). Two cases are presented to remind healthcare staff to avoid therapeutic duplication and unnecessary medication in prescriptions. Kowloon Central Cluster also shares its experience to highlight the need for extra caution when reviewing patients' previous adverse drug reactions recorded in the Clinical Management System.
 
     Healthcare staff are also reminded of the proper way of documenting vaccine information in the System to facilitate data collection for the monitoring mechanism.
 
     The publication has already been posted on the HA homepage for sharing with healthcare professionals. Members of the public are also welcome to browse it at the following link: www.ha.org.hk/msb. MSB is published every six months, on the last Fridays of May and November. The next issue will be published on May 27, 2022.

Ends/Friday, November 26, 2021
Issued at HKT 16:00

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