Ep 62: Five (+1) Things About The Most Error Prone Medications With Professor Ian Coombes

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined once again for a great part 2 by Professor Ian Coombes. Ian is the Director of Pharmacy at RBWH and an expert in safety thinking. Ian looks at the what and why of the most common error prone medication types.

Ian’s Five (Plus One) Things:

1. Paracetamol and other analgesics,
2. Insulin and other diabetic medicines.
3. Heparin, enoxaparin and other anticoagulants.
4. Antimicrobials.
5. Cardiac medicines in the hospital setting.
6. Cytotoxic drugs.