Quick Guide NHS Injectable Medicines Guide Medusa during

Quick Guide: NHS Injectable Medicines Guide (Medusa) during COVID-19 The first stop for professional medicines advice www. sps. nhs. uk

CONTENTS Section Begins at Slide Number Access 3 Requesting access 4 Receiving access 5 Considerations 7 www. sps. nhs. uk 25/09/2021 2

ACCESS • All healthcare professionals working across the system should be able to access this resource. If your organisation: • • • enables access within the pharmacy department only, a link that does not require you to login to this resource could be added prominently to your local intranet so that clinical staff have access. enables access via your organisational intranet already, ensure it is easily, prominently and clearly accessible. does not currently have access to this resource, access can be provided during COVID-19 and then reviewed in due course. www. sps. nhs. uk 25/09/2021 3

REQUESTING ACCESS • You can request access for your organisation to this resource by contacting the National Injectable Medicines Guide team at pharmacy. support@wales. nhs. uk • Please provide the following details in your email: • • • Name of your organisation Name and email address of the local Medusa main contact (you can find this out by contacting your Chief Pharmacist or gillbullock@nhs. net Name and email address of your Chief Pharmacist www. sps. nhs. uk 25/09/2021 4

RECEIVING ACCESS • You will receive a website address that has the login details encoded into it for your organisation. • This means healthcare professionals within your organisation do not have to logon each time. • You can use this website address to set up a link on your organisation’s webpage or as a shortcut from a computer or device. • Do not put the link on any webpage that can be accessed via the Internet as this will allow anyone to use your account to login. • This could create a patient safety risk as a version potentially customised for your organisation will be available to all. www. sps. nhs. uk 25/09/2021 5

RECEIVING ACCESS • There are two versions of the website: • • NHS networks (N 3) (https: //medusa. wales. nhs. uk) Internet (http: //www. injmed. nhs. uk) • Users should use the NHS network version wherever possible, particularly for clinical access. • Internet version can be used for staff working off-site using the same logon details as they would normally use. www. sps. nhs. uk 25/09/2021 6

CONSIDERATIONS • Caution - take particular care if using a paper copy of this resource as advice is rapidly changing rapidly. We advise checking the website for the latest information. • Organisations that have restricted medicines available to clinical areas should either review these or remove the restrictions. • It is not appropriate to provide open access to the website because the advice is customised by some organisations to reflect local practise. It is important that users see the correct customised version of the Guide depending on their local account. www. sps. nhs. uk 25/09/2021 7