principal consultant in national health ...

40 years in the field...

SHPA, NSW TAG, NPS, CEC, and more...

PUBLICATIONS

Thornton PD.  Evaluation of a Decentralised Intravenous Admixture Service after Fifteen Months' Operation.  Aust J Hosp Pharm 1978;8(2):51-6.

Thornton PD.  Definitions of Prescribing, Dispensing and Administration Errors. Perth, WA: Federal Conference, SHPA. Poster, 1985.

Roberts R, Collins L, Johnson M, Thornton P.  Drug related errors - reporting of Prescribing, Dispensing and Medication Errors.    Cumberland Area Health Service Quality Review Journal 1987; 2:12-30.

Thornton PD, Goh SF, Tasker JL.  Pharmacists don't make mistakes: A review of pharmacy originated errors occurring in a major Australian teaching hospital. Canberra, ACT:  Federal Conference, SHPA.  Poster, 1989

Thornton PD, Taylor LG, Webster PJ.  Integrating Specialists - Are Buddies the Answer?  Gold Coast, QLD: Federal Conference, SHPA. Poster, 1991.

Thornton PD.  Hospital Pharmacists - Cost Controllers?  Hospital & Healthcare Australia, Jan 1992

Thornton PD, convenor.  Workshop proceedings. Evaluating the effectiveness of drug distribution systems.  Committee of Specialty Practice in Drug Distribution Aust J Hosp Pharm. Vol 24, No. 1, 1994

Nissen MD, Thornton P, Goh S, Gilbert GL.  Third generation cephalosporin antibiotic use within a large general hospital. Presentation at the Australian Society for Infectious Diseases meeting, May 1994

Thornton PD, Koller LJ.  An assessment of medication errors in a 7-day issue individualised patient drug distribution system. Aust J Hosp Pharm vol 24, No. 5, 1994.  [cited in the Second National Report on Patient Safety - Improving Medication Safety.  Australian Safety & Quality Council July 2002]

Benrimoj SI, Thornton PD, Langford JH.  A Review of Drug Distribution Systems: Part 1 - Current Practice.  Aust J Hosp Pharm Vol 25, No. 2, 1995 and Part 2 - Automated Dispensing for Unit Dose Systems.  Aust J Hosp Pharm Vol 25, No. 3, 1995

Thornton PD. Information Technology and Hospital Pharmacy Practice. Aust J Hosp Pharm Vol 26, No. 1, 1996

Thornton PD, Medication Safety Series - Editor of bi-monthly series in the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research (formerly Australian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy) 1996 - present

Thornton PD Medication errors - a systems approach JPPR [editorial] 1997 106

Thornton PD,  Simon S,  Mathew TH  Towards safer drug prescribing, dispensing and administration in hospitals. J. Qual. Clin. Practice  (1999) 19; 41-45

Thornton PD,  Medication Errors 1999 300

Thornton PD,  A responsible brave new world [editorial] 2000 190

Thornton P, Stuart, D, Vaida A    Medication Safety Assessment and Improvement in Australian Hospitals.  Poster, 1st Asia Pacific Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, September, 2001

Westmead Hospital Formulary - Editor, 1991-2003 - hard copy and intranet

Thornton PD  GlaxoSmithKline Medal of Merit Oration 2002 265

Thornton PD  Medication Safety - The current state of safety in Australian hospitals 2002 11

DSouza D, Koller L, Ng K, Thornton P, Reporting, review and application of near-miss prescribing medication incident data. JPPR  Sept 2004: 190-3

Book Review, Health care and notions of risk, Richard B. Clark, Therapeutic Guidelines -  Pub,  JPPR, Oct 2004

Accountable clinical pharmacy practice (editorial), JPPR Dec 2004 p258

Thornton PD  Reporting the Real Value of  a Hospital Pharmacy Service  JPPR 2007 p138

Guest Editorial, Who is responsible for medication safety?  Journal of Pharmacy Practice & Research  Dec 2009 39: 4; 258