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Download the National Standard for User-Applied labelling of Injective Medicines, Fluids and Lines

All of Mermed’s high quality products comply with all Australian standards including those set out by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare. Read more >

Evaluation of label adherence to single use and reusable hollow-ware containers used in the operating rooms

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare’s ‘labelling recommendations’ specify ‘peel off’ labels are used for container labels on the perioperative sterile field. Read more >

High Risk Medications

In her article titled “Medication Errors to Watch For – 6 High Risk Medications” Anne Leversha, a Senior Lecturer at Monash University, highlights the dangers involved with administering high risk medications, Read more >

High risk medication alert – intravenous potassium chloride

Patients have died in hospitals both in Australia and overseas after being mistakenly injected with potassium chloride instead of normal saline. In an effort to reduce the risks associated with the use of intravenous potassium chloride, Read more >

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