You need to provide evidence for any option related to your work area. Appropriate mannercovers: slowly, from a spoon or medication pot for oral medication, without handling the drug yourself. Equipmentmay include: drugs trolley; medication pots; spoons; syringes; water jugs; drinking glasses; prescription charts; disposal bags; medication bottles and packets. Methodsmay include: verbally, by using other appropriate communication eg Makaton, by using identity bracelets. Person leading the administrationmay include: a more senior member of staff such as a registered nurse in all contexts, registered midwife, social worker.
Unit 4222-331 Supporting use of medication in social care settings (HSC3047) Outcome 1 1. Identify legislation that governs the use of medications in social care. The Medicines Act 1968 CQC Regulation Equality Act 2010 Safer Management of Controlled Drugs Regulation 2006 The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (and later amendments) The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973 (and later amendments) The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), COSHH The Mental Capacity Act (2005) The Access to health records Act (1990), The Data Protection Act (1998) plus equality legislation. 2. Outline the legal classification system for medication The classifications of medicines are all related to the medicines act 1968.
These include antibiotics and medicines for diabetes and heart disease. Over The Counter or Pharmacy medicines which are only available from a registered pharmacist but can be bought without a prescription. These include decongestants and anti-diarrhea medication. Then there is the General Sales List which are medicines that can be bought from any shop without a prescription and without a pharmacist being present. These include analgesics, antacids and medicines for cold and flu.
Review the labs, and ensure any lab values that need follow up are faced or phoned to the surgeon. • Ensure any day of antibiotic orders have been faxed to pharmacy, take any actions you can for pre operative orders now. • Phone the patient, fill out any other information you can on the pre-op check list. Make sure you cover all the points on the telephone check list sheet, this way our patients will arrive with a ride home, and someone to stay with them post OR. • Once the Telephone screen is complete – on the upper left hand part of the chart write
ASM 34: Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effect 1.1 The pieces of legislation in place that manage the administration of medication to people are: The Medicines Act (1968) The Misuse of Drugs Act (1971) The Misuse of Drugs and the Misuse of Drugs (safe Custody)(Amendment) Regulations 2007 The Safer Management of Controlled Drugs Regulations (2006) The acts relating to my work place are: The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations (1999) The Hazardous Waste Regulations (2005) The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (regulated activities) Regulations 2009 The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards) My work place medication procedure states: All staff who administer medication must of completed training which meets the requirements of CQC (Care Quality Commission) Medication must not be given to service users that hasn't been prescribed to them. Medication must be dispensed from the original container or a correctly labelled and approved dispenser e.g. : blister pack or Nomad system. Prior to administering medication should be carefully checked to ensure it was prescribed for that service user. Examine the MARS sheet checking for name, dosage, recent changes, instructions and that the medication hasn't already been given.
Support Use of medication in social care settings Unit HSC3047 Outcome 1 Please identify and explain the legislation that governs the use of medication in social care settings. Medicine Act 1968, Requires that the local pharmacist or dispensing doctor is responsible for supplying medication via a receipt of a prescription from an authorised person ie a Doctor. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971(and further amendments) This law controls dangerous or highly addictive drugs known as controlled drugs the act is to prevent the misuse of of controlled drugs. The Misuse of Drugs and the misuse of Drugs(safe custody ) (amendment) Regulations 2007 This act specifies how controlled drugs are stored, administered and disposed of. Health and Safety at work act 1974.
• Over the counter medicines - (OTC) OTC medicines include those that treat minor complaints, which people may feel are not serious enough to see their GP. They are not kept on the shelves for you to pick up yourself; you must ask the pharmacist or the pharmacist assistant for them. • Prescription only medicines - (POM) These are medicines that you can only get on a prescription. The prescriptions can be issued by doctors, dentists, some nurses and some other healthcare professionals. The retail sale or supply of product is prohibited.
NVQ 3 Unit 4222-616 (ASM 34) Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects. Outcome 1 Understand legislation, Policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication The learner can: 1.1 Identify current legislation, guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication. Legislation The Medicines Act 1968 - It governs the control of medicines for human use and for veterinary use, which includes the manufacture and supply of medicines. The Act defines three categories of medicine: Prescription only medicines (POM), which are available only from a pharmacist if prescribed by an appropriate practitioner. Pharmacy medicines (P), available only from a pharmacist but without a prescription.
The documentation is a hybrid system of written and computerized physician orders. The documentation could be made totally electronic instead of written, which gives physicians access to order and document restraint use away from the hospital setting or any place in the hospital setting. Changing the documentation from one of a hybrid system that uses written and electronic documentation to only electronic documentation would involve the nurse educator, the clinical informatics staff to change the documentation system. Classes using lecture, simulation, and return demonstration could be given to teach the physicians the patient safety goals of the hospital and the process of correctly completing orders and reasons for restraints. The nurse educator, the chief of staff for physicians, and risk management could work together to make sure that hospital policies are properly used in the education
This Act specifies three main categories of medicines, which are prescription only medicines (PoM), pharmacy only (P) medicines and general sales list (GSL) medicines. P and GSL medicines can both be described as over the counter (OTC) medicines, and there is also a category of drugs called controlled drugs (CD). The Medicines Act 1968 also stipulates that pharmacists have a legal obligation to label all medicines with the Name of the medicine, directions/dose, name of the patient, the date dispensed, the quantity in the container and the name and address of the pharmacy. Another important piece of legislation is the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, which separates controlled drugs into three categories according to their perceived harmfulness. Class A drugs include opium, morphine, heroin and methadone to name but a few.