Know Your Medicines Safety Toolkit
Making medicine safety simpler
Easy-to-use resources to help you look after your medicines
Managing medicines at home can feel overwhelming. Whether you take one medicine or many, there's a lot to keep track of, from knowing what your medicines are for and how to take them correctly, to understanding how to store them safely.
That's why we've worked with consumers to develop our Medicine Safety Toolkit – a collection of simple, practical and easy-to-use resources designed to help you feel more confident managing your medicines safely at home.
The toolkit includes helpful factsheets, checklists and guides covering prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins and supplements, with information that's easy to understand and put into practice.
Consumer Advisory Group
Our Consumer Advisory Group Member Megan talks about the toolkit
What's In Our Toolkit?
The toolkit includes:
- 10 practical Guides
- A downloadable Medicines List Template, available here (opens in a new tab).
- Links to trusted Australian health resources
- Practical tips to help you use, store and manage your medicines safely at home
The toolkit will help you:
- Know your medicines and how to use them safely
- Keep an up-to-date medicines list
- Learn more about your medicines
- Review and manage your medicines
- Share important medicine information with others involved in your care
- Store and dispose of medicines safely
- Feel more confident talking about your medicines with your healthcare team
Click on our Guides below to get started.
Download Your Medicines List Here
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What health professionals say
This Toolkit was made possible through an unrestricted educational grant from Consumer Healthcare Products Australia (CHP Australia). We gratefully acknowledge this support and thank the consumers and health professionals whose valuable insights and contributions helped shape its development. You can also check the references for our Guides here (opens in a new tab).
