Unit 4222-616 Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects Melanie Gould Outcome 1 The main policy to do with the administration of medication is COSHH, the Control of Substance Hazardous to Health. There are also several other legislations in place with protocols for the administration of drugs and medication, these are listed below:- • The misuse of drugs Act 1971 - its main purpose is to prevent the misuse of controlled drugs • The NHS Pharmaceutical Service (regulations) 1995 • The medicines Act 1968 - requires that the local pharmacist or dispensing doctor is responsible for supplying medication. This can only be done by an authorised prescription. • The Safer Management of Controlled Drugs Regulations (2006) specifies how controlled drugs are stored, administered and disposed. Records must be kept for all controlled drugs transactions and they must be kept in a safe cabinet that complies with these regulations • The Misuse of Drugs and the Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 specifies the handling and record keeping and storage of Controlled Drugs correctly.
• Pharmacy medicines, these are available from a pharmacist without a prescription. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 - This act is intended to prevent the non-medical use of certain drugs. It controls not just medicinal drugs but also drugs with no current medical uses. Drugs subject to this Act are known as 'controlled' drugs and are classed into three sections Class A: These include, cocaine and crack (a form of cocaine), ecstasy, heroin, LSD, methadone, methamphetamine (crystal meth), magic mushrooms containing ester of psilocin and any Class B drug which is injected, such as, for example, amphetamine. Class B: These include amphetamine (not methamphetamine which is class A), barbiturates, codeine and cannabis.
c) Depending on local policy and the agreement between the G.P., pharmacy and the care setting, the prescription will either be directly forwarded to the contracted pharmacist for dispensing, or it will be returned to the care setting from where it will be taken to the pharmacist. d) If the prescription is returned to the care setting, the manager or designated person should check the prescription to ensure that all the details have
Unit 4222-616 Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects (ASM 3) Outcome 1: Understand legislation, policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication. 1.1) Legislation – The Medicines Act Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations The Health and Safety at Work Act The Misuse of Drugs Act The Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations Health and Social Care Act Essential Standards Data Protection Act Hazardous Waste Regulations. Outcome 2: Know about common types of medication and their use 2.1) The common types of medication are Analgesics e.g. paracetamol, antibiotics e.g. amoxicillin, antidepressants e.g.
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IS566 Healthcare Application Systems Solution Course Project: Week 7 Final Submission By Armon Copeland DeVry University: Keller Graduate School of Management Professor: Dr. Veletsos The following review of literature covers common definitions of medication reconciliation, the prevalence of problems related to medication reconciliation, the barriers to implementing medication reconciliation, and the best methods of implementing medication reconciliation. Definition “Medication reconciliation is a formal process for creating the most complete and accurate list possible of a patient’s current medications and comparing the list to those in the patient record or medication orders,” (Barnsteiner, n.d.).
14. What are the requirements for a prescription that comes to your pharmacy by fax? Are the requirements different for controlled substances? Rx by fax must be on permanent paper, must be legible to read, must contain all the information that is on the oral rx with patients’ info and doctor’s info as well as medication
General Sale List (GLS) This means it must be licensed and can to be sold in shops, supermarkets and doesn’t need a pharmacist to be present unless you get them from a pharmacy. Controlled Drugs (CD) this must be prescribed by a doctor or other designated clinician. So different rules will apply when writing a prescription and also storage and recoding them. 1.3 Explain how and why policies and procedures or agreed ways of working must reflect and incorporate legislative requirements. The policies and procedures are
Along with narcotics names it also has statistics about drugs and prescription drug related deaths. The medical doctor that wrote this article lists symptoms of dependence of opioids as well as dependence of opioids as well has potential harms of ingesting too many other drugs that are also in narcotics. This article is a factual article written by a licensed medical doctor and then edited by
UNIT 4222-609 OUTCOME 1 1.1 Identify the legislation which relates to substance use and describe the difference between legal and illegal drugs The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 This act is intended to prevent the non-medical use of certain drugs. For this reason it controls not just medicinal drugs (which will also be in the Medicines Act) but also drugs with no current medical uses. Offences under this Act overwhelmingly involve the general public, and even when the same drug and a similar offence are involved, penalties are far tougher. Drugs subject to this Act are known as 'controlled' drugs. The law defines a series of offences, including unlawful supply, intent to supply, import or export (all these are collectively known as 'trafficking' offences), and unlawful production.