Dispensing

REFLECTION I would like write the incident according to John’s (2006) model of structured reflection. When I was working in aged care as a medication technician, one incident reported about medication error. It happened in an afternoon. One of our morning nurse staff given a medication to the resident and forgot to record it. She finished her duty and left at 1 pm.Another staff came for afternoon duty gave the medication to the resident again. At around 2 pm we got a call from morning staff and said

Introduction Interestingly enough, the United States "has the most expensive healthcare system in the world, [yet] 47 million Americans have no health insurance. Healthcare is the country's largest economic sector"¦. Four times larger than national defense"¦ yet millions cannot afford to take care of their health needs" (Farrell, 2009, 1). If we combine this issue with the litigious nature of 21st century American culture, we can easily see how health professionals often have a difficult time with

my attention was the professional duties of a retail pharmacist. I learned that the pharmacists are healthcare professionals who provide a wide range of care for patients in various ways. I observed that, in addition to filling prescriptions and dispensing medications, pharmacists ensured quality of drugs and counseled patients on their medications. They also monitored

of Phoenix MGD is an automated pharmaceutical management product and service for hospitals and healthcare facilities in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014). Its automated medication dispensing systems include ServeRx system, which involves automation software, medication and supply cabinets, bedside solutions, and computerized order entry devices for medication management (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014). The computer also offers order

(Department of Health, 2010). Because the use of psychoactive medications to augment behavioral and psychosocial interventions in schools has significantly increased within the last few decades. Important measures should be taken by schools before dispensing medication. Schools must collect and document the written authorization from the parents to administer medications and to communicate with the students physicians (Mazur-Mosiewicz, Pierson, & McIntosh,

A mistake at any point in this flow of events could lead to a potentially adverse patient reaction. A potential error is a mistake in prescribing, dispensing or planned administration that is corrected by an intervention (Dean et. al, 2002). Using expertly designed technological applications to catch any potential errors will have a profound impact on the number of preventable adverse events in hospitals

possible cause is equipment failure. Perhaps the dispensing machine is misaligned to read 16 ounces even though it is less. This could be the easiest to identify as the dispensing apparatus can be tested and adjusted with minimal effort and downtime. To prevent this in the future, daily maintenance and quality checks can insure this error is eliminated. The second possibility is human error. This can be anything from incorrect programming of the dispensing

DEA/DOJ SCOPE OF AUTHORITY DEA is an aspect of DOJ. The scope of DEA is to perform an audit, and inspection for any DEA registrant involved in handling controlled substances. An audit is done on an irregular basis to keep a check on the DEA registrant dispensing records and also to randomly check any diversion. If they are notified of any criminal activity as in this regard with our pharmacist who jeopardizes the integrity of our corporation then the DEA will bring in an administrative

An often-overlooked topic that is starting to come more to light, is Euthanasia, and should it be legal? There have been plenty of arguments and political debates about euthanasia and its occurrences in society. According to Demetra M. Pappas he says many different things about this topic. First, he states a supreme court case and says, “State supreme courts are split in their treatment of physician-assisted suicide, The Michigan Supreme Court, in response to Kevorkian’s activities and in response

support the provision of the best patient care and assist with the research and educational development in the Hospital. Investigational Drug Services (IDS) is the service within the TJUH pharmacy department that provides the procurement, storage, dispensing and maintenance of records for all inpatient and outpatient drug studies. The IDS pharmacy is also responsible for ensuring drug study medication safety, patient safety, and local, state, national, and federal regulatory compliance for all investigational