Programs The Medication Safety Self Assessment ®
The Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Australian Hospitals (MSSA) is designed to:
Heighten awareness of the distinguishing characteristics of a safe hospital medication system; and create a baseline of Australian hospital efforts to enhance medication safety.
Program Overview
Background
The first phase of the PIMS project involved adaptation for Australian use of the Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Australian Hospitals and the Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Australian Hospitals and the Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Antithrombotic Therapy in Australian Hospitals, originally developed by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) in the US.
These self assessments are risk assessment tools specifically designed to help hospitals take a proactive and system-based approach to medication safety. They will assist hospitals in meeting their obligations for accreditation and can drive change by identifying, and measuring, areas for improvement.
The tools allow self assessment of the medication safety practices within a hospital, identification of improvement opportunities and comparison with the aggregate experience of demographically similar hospitals.
Hospitals are actively implementing the tools in Australia. For more information about the self assessment tools email mssa@cec.health.nsw.gov.au
