Safe Administration of Medication
| Training Course Name: | Safe Administration of Medication | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Brief Description: | Introduces learners to good practice in the management of medicines and also regulatory and legislative requirements. Covers safe administration of medicines in terms of their issue or ingestion by care receivers and safe and appropriate disposal of medicines. | ||
| Learning Outcomes: | Awareness of legislation including patient rights. Obtaining, receiving, storing medication. Medication systems to eliminate mistakes. Personal responsibilities of carers. Increase specific medicines knowledge and sources of information on their use. Understand main administration routes of medicines. Disposal including return of 'controlled drugs'. 'Covert' administration of medicines. | ||
| Suitable for: | Carers routinely responsible for administering medications; managers and support staff with supervisory responsibilities in this area. | ||
| Related Course(s): | Palliative Care (see Training Course List) | ||
| Duration: | 1 day | Price: | From £ 450 + VAT |
Detailed Description
Order of subject headings from the Partcipant Workbook for this course is:
- Current legislation and applicable guidance
- Record keeping
- Receipt of Medicines
- Self administration
- Medication Administration Records (MAR) charts
- Disposal of medicines
- Care of medication
- Verbal orders
- Over-the-counter medicines
- Care/Nursing staff administration of medication
- Storage
- Procedures for administration
- Medical errors and precautions
For more information
If you would like more specific details regarding the content of this course or would like to book this training either at your premises or at our Derby Training Centre, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Telesales Manager, on 01332 332727.
