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Residential Aged Care Communiqué Episode #10: Poisons

This podcast focusses on the death of a resident from inadvertent poisoning.

The first issue of Residential Aged Care Communiqué for 2022 focuses on falls and falls management.

In this edition of Future Leaders Communiqué, we examine teams and teamwork.

This podcast focusses on harm resulting from failures to listen carefully to family concerns.

In this edition, we present a case with a wide range of professional, organisational, and environmental risks.

The episode examines two topics central to patient safety: iatrogenic injury, and barriers to escalation of care.

Thunderstorm asthma events can trigger severe asthma symptoms in susceptible individuals and potentially rapidly overwhelm health services.

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A resident is administered medication to which he has a known allergy leading to death prompting a review of practice and systems of care.

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This edition examines how the workforce issues impact resident safety and quality of care through three separate cases.

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