Description
The purpose of these Guiding Principles for Medicines and Therapeutics Committees (MTCs) is to provide guidance on the role, operation and evaluation of MTCs (or equivalent) associated with public hospitals. The principles provide a framework for MTCs to achieve effective medicines management governance within their organisation and promote national consistency.
These Guiding Principles will assist MTCs to meet the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, particularly Standard 4: Medication Safety and also relevant aspects of Standard 1: Governance for Safety and Quality in Health Service Organisations and Standard 3: Preventing and Controlling Healthcare Associated Infections.
Use the checklist, based on the Guiding Principles to assess current MTC operations to identify the gaps in functions and/or areas for improvements.