Dr. Petrov's Purpose

As it is mentioned earlier, medication administration includes various steps and an interdisciplinary team. Undoubtedly, nurses play a vital role in the medication administration process. Since patient safety is the priority to all health care professionals, it is important for the nurses to effectively communicate and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team if he or she is unsure about any medication prescription to prevent any adverse events. In addition, patient education is another component of safe administration. A patient must be educated on medications they are taking, the reason for taking them, the dosage, a route, potential side effects, and interactions. Nurses should perform “six rights” of the medication each time. Before administering

There are several legislations in place with protocols for the administration of medication which I have listed below. The main policy re admin of drugs and storing of drugs and medicines is the Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health or COSHH but along with this there are other policies in place as per the list below.

The Medication Policy and procedure and Mars Handbook covers assessment of individuals’ needs, administering, storage, recording and disposal of medicines including their effects and potential side effects

Outcome measures assess whether the interventions to improve medication safety practice will be successful. During the interview of the new employee, competency evaluation related to medication administration will be applied first. In addition, during the orientation for these new employees, adequate training will be provided to ensure the importance of preventing medication errors. They will be given a list of similar and look-alike medications and will focus on medications that cause the most adverse reactions when errors may occur. Then, after training and when staff start working, they will be supervised during their first few months. When they are not supervised, they will be assessed and evaluated for any errors. During this process,

Improve the safety of using medications. The findings were that often medication error were made because medications and other solutions were removed from their original

The activity that I performed and relates to this outcome is medication reconciliation. I performed this activity in my IPPE-III class as a PS-III student. It was a mandatory activity, which I carried out in workshop in the group of 4 students. In this activity, we were given a patient case, which had list of all the medications that patient was taking and had patient’s demographic information. After reviewing patient’s given information, I had to interview a standardized patient and find out if the patient is taking all the medications as directed by prescriber or not. If patient is taking any other vitamins, herbal or OTC medications that is not on the list and also had to look out for if there is any discrepancy with the medications patient currently on for example, duplicate therapy, drug-drug interaction, incorrect frequency etc.

drugs can be potentially dangerous for a patient, particularly if they are receiving medications from different clinicians who are not communicating with each

With the growing reliance on medication therapy as the primary intervention for most illnesses, patients receiving medication interventions are exposed to potential harm as well as benefits. Medicines have proven to be very beneficial for treating illness and preventing disease. This success has resulted in a dramatic increase in medication use in recent times. Unfortunately, this increase in use and expansion of the pharmaceutical industry has also brought with it an increase in hazards, error and adverse events associated with medication use.

It is the nurse’s and pharmacist’s job to be cautious and aware of every medication they are administering by using their critical thinking skills and applying what they know to every situation. Although it is important for these individuals to be able to advocate for their patients, it also imperative that prescribers be aware of the impact they have on their patients as their actions have a domino effect. In conclusion, it is not the responsibility of a single profession to maintain safety in medication administration. It is the responsibility of everyone involved in the patient’s care. Each person who takes steps to improve the process and promote the patient as the number one priority is doing their part in refining how the healthcare system views medication

It is VERY IMPORTANT to keep the medication information up to date especially when distributed by the

■■ It is at the prescribed time. ■■ The medication is at the correct dose. ■■ It is in date and has not been discontinued.

After completing a seven week experiment testing the potency of cetirizine in allergy pills, I felt obligated to inform a member of congress on the importance of knowing the true expiration data of pharmaceuticals.

A Pharmacovigilance system, similar to any system, is described by its structures, procedures and results. A mind boggling and fundamental relationship exists between wide scopes of accomplices in the act of medication healthcare checking. These accomplices should mutually suspect, comprehend and react to the ceaselessly expanding requests and desires of people in general, healthcare executives, approach authorities, legislators and healthcare experts.

In 1981, the United States Military began stockpiling large quantities of critical pharmaceuticals and medical supplies (Khan, et al., 2014). Following an audit of the stockpile in 1985, the Government Accountability Office found that $9 million of medications were about to reach their labeled expiration date, and would need to be discarded (Khan, et al., 2014). This audit exposed the extraordinary costs associated with the replacement of expired medications, and in an effort to

A prospective descriptive study was performed at the medical ward, U-Thong Hospital, a 150-bed community hospital, Suphan Buri, Thailand. The patients who were admitted between September and December, 2013 were selected and interviewed to obtain the best possible medication history (BPMH) list. Then, the pharmacist reconciled the BPMH list with physician’s admission orders. All unexplained discrepancies were discussed with the physician to classify as 1) intentional, 2) undocumented intentional and 3) unintentional discrepancy. Unintentional discrepancy was defined as ME. DRPs were identified and resolved. Patient demography, rates of medication-related to harm were classified as the number of MEs, ADEs and DRPs per patient, characteristics