Doctors who lack proper training or those who have impairment problems tend to believe that their patients are honest about issues concerning prescriptions. These may include certain issues such as losing prescriptions, or early refills. This, however, only happens when the doctor fails to identify a drug abuse problem in the patient. Another ethical dilemma in the same field occurs when doctors do not disclose full patient history in the medical file of the patient. This may cause other doctors to prescribe the wrong drug thus putting the life of the patient at risk, either due to possible
Witnesses do refuse blood products such as red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, or platelets. This is also to be considered when ordering medication or food. Depending on each patient’s own conscience, some blood fractions such as albumin or immunoglobulin are allowed. Healthcare providers should discuss this with each individual. Caregivers should also discuss transplant or organ donation as well, as this also varies per individual conscience.
Upon receiving a controlled prescription, the pharmacist will also call other pharmacies to check a patient history and then call the patient’s insurance carrier, if one is available, to check even further. This is a very time consuming process that could be made less extensive if the Medicaid lock-in program was a requirement. The doctors would only have one pharmacy to contact and the pharmacy would only have to check their own records to make sure the patient was due for the medication. The lock-in program would allow the doctors and pharmacists to do their job more effectively and use their time more wisely for patients who need genuine
The results of the effectiveness of a new drug involved in a clinical research trial are reported to the study coordinator? Communicate with other health care providers and/or provide data for public health and health policy c. Penicillin is not prescribed for a patient because the allergy list indicates the patient will have a reaction to it? Provide
The FDA greatly investigates these companies to make sure that food, human and veterinary drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, and electronic products are safe to sell to the public. If the products turn out to be unsafe, the company will have to announce a recall. In this scenario, the FDA had yet to investigate Pro Health’s new product ProBio. Before then, Pro Health had found out that ProBio had the same brand name as another product already out for purchase. Having the same brand name as another product is also one of the things that are against the FDA’s regulations because this could protect the consumer from buying the wrong drug because of the similar names.
Question: Can you see information about the drug such as dosage, active ingredients and alternatives? v) Only an authorised user can prescribe medication to a patient. Justification: Relates to safety - Medicines can be harmful and should only be prescribed by someone qualified to do so. Question: Can you only use the
* A written record will be kept of all medication administered. Injections can only be undertaken by a qualified nurse or medical practitioner. The nursery will endeavor to follow the parents/carers instructions, but reserve the right to refuse a request to administer medicines whilst a child is in our
Healthcare providers are to encourage strong communication between each other, for the good of the patient. In the Dana- Farber case the patient Besty Lehman died as a result of an overdosing from a chemotherapy drug. Mrs. Lehman’s death resulted from a miscommunication between the doctors who prescribe the chemotherapy, nurses that administer it, and the pharmacist that filled the order. The pharmacist who is to check the drug order for error’s failed to do so, and did not even contact the doctor to confirm if that was the dosage intended. Had there been a good communication between the pharmacy, and providers administering the drug the patient would have been alive.
(DSM-IV). A psychiatrist must follow proper diagnostic guidelines and provide documentation of the diagnosis before prescribing pharmacologic treatment. The government needs to set a limitation standard on how patients can get ADHD medications to combat against the dependent nature of these types of medications. The program will solemnly monitor the amount of medications being prescribed and dispensed. All ADHD medications such as Adderall®, Concerta®, Ritalin®, etc… are subjected to be placed in such a program’s list.
Many legislations and policies and procedures cover the legal management of medication, individuals handling the medication are not expected to have detailed knowledge of the legislation, but then they do need to be aware of the legal difference between types of drugs and the legal framework that allows them to handle medicines before delivering them to a service user. Training to the staff member handling the medication should be completed and attended at all times and the training needs to be up to date to prevent any danger towards the service user. * The Medicines Act 1968 * The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 * Mental Capacity Act (2005) * The Data Protection Act 1998 * The Access to health records Act (1990) 2. Know about common types of medication and their use. 2.1 Describe common types of medication including their effects and potential side effects.