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TAG ACTIVITIES
The NSW TAG Office will be closed from 23 December 2016. It will re-open on the 3 January 2017. We
wish all TAG Mail readers a very Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year! TAGMail will also have a
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TAG WEBSITE
**Resources for evaluation of new medicines
The templates and tools section has been updated to include:
- Device containing Medicines Submissions – Device application template
http://www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au/nswtag/pages/evaluating-new-drugs.html
- An updated version of the formulary submission template
http://www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au/nswtag/pages/evaluating-new-drugs.html
**Register of DTC Decisions 2016 to date
- The updated Register has been uploaded to the website. This register is maintained by NSW TAG in
order to facilitate communication of DTC decisions to the DTCs of other hospitals, Local Health
Districts and Specialty Health Networks in the NSW public hospital sector.
http://www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au/nswtag/dtc-meds-handling-policy.html
REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS – AUSTRALIA
** ACI, CEC and the NSW Ministry of Health
- End of Life Care Newsletter Issue 4 – December 2015
http://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/343057/Final-NewsletterDecember-2016.pdf
**ACSQHC
- Implementation of electronic medication management systems in hospitals: A literature scan
https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Implementation-of-electronicmedication-management-systems-in-hospitals-A-literature-scan-%E2%80%93-December-2016.pdf
-Prioritised list of clinical domains for clinical quality registry development
https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Prioritised-list-of-clinicaldomains-for-clinical-quality-registry-development-Final-report-Nov-2016.pdf
**AIHW
- Mental health services in Australia
https://mhsa.aihw.gov.au/home/
**NPS MedicineWise
- Choosing Wisely in Australia: 2016 Report
http://www.choosingwisely.org.au/getmedia/cdfd1509-2901-4354-818f10dc50d8224d/NPS0139_CWA-2016-Report_FINAL.pdf.aspx
**TGA
- Codeine containing medicines move to prescription only and further information
http://www.tga.gov.au/media-release/update-proposal-rescheduling-codeine-products
- Final decision on re-scheduling of codeine products: frequently asked questions
http://www.tga.gov.au/final-decision-re-scheduling-codeine-frequently-asked-questions
- Update of codeine safety and efficacy review
http://www.tga.gov.au/alert/update-codeine-safety-and-efficacy-review
- New or extended uses, or new combinations of registered medicines: conjugated
oestrogens/bazedoxifene acetate (DuaviveTM); ibrutinib (ImbruvicaTM); fibrinogen/thrombin (human)
(EvicelTM)
http://www.tga.gov.au/prescription-medicines-new-or-extended-uses-registered-medicines
- Updates to the Prescribing Medicines in Pregnancy database: Six new medicines added and 2
previously registered medicines added
http://www.tga.gov.au/updates-prescribing-medicines-pregnancy-database
- TGA operations over the holiday period 2016-17
http://www.tga.gov.au/media-release/tga-operations-over-holiday-period-2016-17
**Chicago Tribune 20 Dec 2016
- Pharmacies miss half of dangerous drug combinations
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/druginteractions/
REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS – INTERNATIONAL
** AHRQ
- Medication-Assisted Treatment Models of Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings
https://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/search-for-guides-reviews-and
reports/?pageaction=displayproduct&productid=2350
- National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions
http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2015-interim.html
**CADTH
- Electronically Generated Medication Administration and Electronic Medication Administration
Records for the Prevention of Medication Transcription Errors: Review of Clinical Effectiveness and
Safety
https://www.cadth.ca/electronically-generated-medication-administration-and-electronicmedication-administration-records
**Health Quality and Safety Commission New Zealand
- Choosing Wisely campaign launched in New Zealand
http://www.hqsc.govt.nz/news-and-events/news/2733/
**NICE
- Intravenous fluid therapy in adults in hospital
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg174
- Hypothermia: prevention and management in adults having surgery
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg65
- Blood transfusion
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs138
- Oral health promotion in the community
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs139
**NIHR Signal
- The heart failure drug levosimendan doesn’t improve outcomes in adults with severe infections
https://discover.dc.nihr.ac.uk/portal/article/4000512/the-heart-failure-drug-levosimendan-doesntimprove-outcomes-in-adults-with-severe-infections
MEDICATION SAFETY
**NSW Health
- Safety Alert: Vancomycin disruption to supply (Revised 20 December 2016)
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/sabs/Documents/2016-sa-002.pdf
- Safety Notice: Melphalan powder for intravenous infusion – disruption to supply
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/sabs/Documents/2016-sn-014.pdf
- Legal instrument for tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine supply as PrEP in EPIC-NSW
http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/ib/2016/IB2016_059.html
**FDA
- Drug Safety Communication: General Anesthetic and Sedation Drugs - New Warnings for Young
Children and Pregnant Women
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/u
m533195.htm
- Drug Safety Communication: Varenicline and Bupropion - Mental Health Side Effects Revised
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/uc
m533517.htm
**GOV.UK
- Cobicistat, ritonavir and coadministration with a steroid: risk of systemic corticosteroid adverse
effects
https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/cobicistat-ritonavir-and-coadminsitration-with-a-steroidrisk-of-systemic-corticosteroid-adverse-effects
**TGA
- Direct acting antiviral medicines: risk of Hepatitis B virus reactivation
http://www.tga.gov.au/alert/direct-acting-antiviral-medicines
-Medicines Safety Update Vol 7 No. 5: combined hormonal contraceptives and risk of venous and
arterial thromboembolism; anti-depressants- communicating risks and benefits to patients;
adrenaline autoinjectors for single use only.
http://www.tga.gov.au/publication-issue/medicines-safety-update-volume-7-number-5-octoberdecember-2016
OTHER NEWS
**Research Pharmacist Grade 3 (2 positions) - Temporary Full Time (up to 06/01/2019)
- Professor Sarah Hilmer, Head of Department of Clinical Pharmacology at RNSH, is currently looking
for two research pharmacists to work full time over the next two years on a research project to
reduce inappropriate polypharmacy in older patients during hospital admission. The project will
investigate medication management for older hospitalised patients with and without dementia, and
will develop interventions to sustainably integrate medication review into their care. The position
responsibilities include project management, co-ordinating a large team of investigators and partners,
obtaining ethics and governance approval, collecting, analysing and reporting on research data.
Positions will be based at Royal North Shore Hospital and will involve work at six hospitals across
Northern Sydney and Sydney Local Health Districts.
https://nswhealth.erecruit.com.au/ViewPosition.aspx?Id=367086
** NSW Better Cardiac Care for Aboriginal People
- NSW Health has launched a series of short videos to help raise awareness of cardiovascular disease
and the importance of early diagnosis and treatment for Aboriginal people. The videos can be used to
support patient care, to screen in waiting rooms and at community events and to share on your
websites and social media, and can be viewed on the NSW Health YouTube page
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpXDJ5In7QhRBS6EzC3x3598t_xa_3LSR
In addition, the videos are available on DVD and USB. Please contact Travers Johnstone.
[email protected]
**MRes/PhD Scholarships to study with Aust Inst of Health innovation
- Exploring complexity to creat a sustainable healthcare system.
Contact: Dr Louise Ellis- [email protected]
PAPERS OF INTEREST
**AJHP
- Implementation of solutions to reduce opioid-induced oversedation and respiratory depression
http://www.ajhp.org/content/early/2016/12/14/ajhp160208?papetoc
**Arthritis and Rheumatology
- A multi-biomarker disease activity score and the choice of second-line therapy in early rheumatoid
arthritis after methotrexate failure
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.40019/full
**BMC Family Practice
- Identification of priorities for improvement of medication safety in primary care: a PRIORITIZE study
https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0552-6
**BMJ
- Nominal ISOMERs (Incorrect Spellings of Medicines Eluding Researchers)—variants in the spellings of
drug names in PubMed: a database review
http://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i4854
**Cochrane Library
- Carbamazepine versus phenobarbitone monotherapy for epilepsy: an individual participant data
review
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001904.pub3/abstract;jsessionid=C0D38346
F0330A405C0ED96EEB195E49.f02t03
- Clomiphene and other antioestrogens for ovulation induction in polycystic ovarian syndrome
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD002249.pub5/abstract;jsessionid=F6B17C4F
6747D08C039AECA6149FE61F.f03t02
- Droperidol for psychosis-induced aggression or agitation
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD002830.pub3/abstract
- Paracetamol (acetaminophen) or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, alone or combined, for pain
relief in acute otitis media in children
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD011534.pub2/abstract
- Polymer-based oral rehydration solution for treating acute watery diarrhoea
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006519.pub3/abstract
- Risperidone versus placebo for schizophrenia
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006918.pub3/abstract
**Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
- An update on the ‘gliptins’
http://dtb.bmj.com/content/54/12/138.short?g=w_dtb_currentissue_tab
**Internal Medicine Journal
- Off-label use of tumour necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors and anakinra at an Australian tertiary
hospital
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imj.13247/full
- Outcomes of patients with non-melanoma solid tumours receiving self-funded pembrolizumab at
Chris O'Brien Lifehouse
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imj.13232/full
**JAMA Internal Medicine
- Association of Perioperative Statin Use with Mortality and Morbidity after Major Non-cardiac
Surgery
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2593256
- Efficacy of Oral Risperidone, Haloperidol, or Placebo for Symptoms of Delirium among Patients in
Palliative Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial
https://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.7491
**JAMA Oncology
- Comparison of Concurrent Use of Thoracic Radiation with Either Carboplatin-Paclitaxel or CisplatinEtoposide for Patients with Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2593045
- Vitamin D Receptor Genotype, Vitamin D3 Supplementation, and Risk of Colorectal Adenomas: A
Randomized Clinical Trial
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2593044
**JAMIA
- Synergistic drug combinations from electronic health records and gene expression
http://jamia.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/12/09/jamia.ocw161
**Journal of patient Safety
- Development of an Electronic Pediatric All-Cause Harm Measurement Tool Using a Modified Delphi
Method
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000000139
**NEJM
- “Zombie” Outbreak Caused by the Synthetic Cannabinoid AMB-FUBINACA in New York
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1610300
**Pediatrics
- Risk Stratification for Opioid Misuse in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: A Quality
Improvement Project
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/12/13/peds.2016-0258
- Sweet Solutions to Reduce Procedural Pain in Neonates: A Meta-analysis
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/12/14/peds.2016-0955
- Tigecycline Therapy in an Infant for Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Meningitis
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/12/13/peds.2016-0963
**Public Health Rese4arch and Practice
- Focus on emerging infectious disease and the risk they pose to Australia
http://www.phrp.com.au/issues/december-2016-volume-26-issue-5/
**The Lancet
- Home use of a bihormonal bionic pancreas versus insulin pump therapy in adults with type 1
diabetes: a multicentre randomised crossover trial
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)32567-3/fulltext
**Thorax
- Androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer and the risk of hospitalisation for communityacquired pneumonia
http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2016/12/16/thoraxjnl-2016-209512.abstract
UPCOMING EVENTS (new additions in bold)
**Australian Society for Antimicrobials
Adelaide. 23 - 25 February and 25 - 26 February 2017
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 9 December 2016
www.antimicrobials2017.com
**HarvardX (free online courses from Harvard University)
- PH556X: Practical Improvement Science in Health Care: A Roadmap for Getting Results, Enrolment is
open commences 18th January 2017 (2-5 hours per week, 7 weeks)
https://www.edx.org/course/ph556x-practical-improvement-science-harvardx-ph556x-0
** 10th Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe (PCNE) Working Conference
‘Lead – Engage- Disseminate’
1 - 4 February 2017 in Bled, Slovenia.
http://www.pcne.org/conference/23/10th-pcne-working-conference-2017
**HISA NSW
- My Health Record E-health record solutions workshop
2-3 March, 2017. Hunter Medical Research Institute (Grounds of John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle)
http://www.hisa.org.au/hisa_event/hisa-nsw-my-health-record/
**ISMP CHA Medication Safety Intensive, Sydney, March 9-10 2017.
https://children.wcha.asn.au/ismp_medsafety
**Informa eMedication Management Conference, 12-15th March 2017, Swissotel, Sydney
https://www.informa.com.au/event/emedication-management-conference/
**CADTH Symposium, April 23, 2017 - April 25, 2017: Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
https://www.cadth.ca/events/2017-cadth-symposium
**2017 NSW Patient Experience Symposium, 1st-2nd May 2017 Bay 4, Australian Technology Park,
Eveleigh NSW
http://www.alignmentevents.com.au/sh_events/2017-nsw-patient-experience-symposium-call-forabstracts/#1473648903182-6aa8fa3c-649b
**1st Australasian Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference, Melbourne, 24-25 May 2017
www.improvediagnosis.org/AusDEM17
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