Publications
Operational Circulars and Directives
- OD 0184/09 - Standardisation of terminology, abbreviations and symbols in the
prescribing and administration of medicines
[14 April 2009] - Intravenous Potassium Chloride OP 1969/05 [PDF 38KB]
- Safe Use of Intrathecal Chemotherapy OD 0020/06 [PDF 42KB]
- Safe Use of Vinca Alkaloid Drugs OD 0021/06 [PDF 37KB]
WAMSG Safety Alerts
- Allergies to Sulfonamide Antibiotics and Cross-Reactivities [May 2009, PDF 63KB]
- Recording and Communication of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) [May 2009, PDF 47KB]
- Drug dosing for drugs cleared by glomerular filtration [October 2008, PDF 42KB]
- Confusion between non-lipid and lipid formulations of injectable amphotericin [December 2007, PDF 37KB]
- Fentanyl Analgesic Skin Patches [April 2006, PDF 111KB]
Patient information
Requests for stock of the Living with Warfarin book can be placed using the WA Health Online Catalogue or by phoning HealthInfo on 1300 135 030.
Acceptable prescribing terms and abbreviations
Printing of these resources can be arranged through WA Health Marketing, phone (08) 9222 2333.
File Formats
The documents for download on this website are in a Portable Document Format (PDF). To read these files you might need to download Adobe® Acrobat Reader.
