Development and application of a Risk Assessment Tool

Alison Beaney is regional quality assurance specialist based at The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, Anne Black is quality assurance pharmacist and Clare Dobson is a basic grade pharmacist at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Steve Williamson is lead pharmacist for cancer services at Northumbria Healthcare Trust. Mark Robinson is a pre registration trainee at Sunderland Royal Infirmary and was a vacational pharmacy student at North Tyneside Hospital at the time the research was carried out. Correspondence to Anne Black, Pharmacy Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN. For personal use only. Not to be reproduced without permission of the editor ([email protected]) Development and application of a risk assessment tool to improve the safety of patients receiving injectable medicines