marketing of medications. The main goal of the pharmaceutical industry is to provide drugs that prevent infections‚ maintain health‚ and cure diseases. This industry directly affects the global population‚ so a number of international regulatory bodies to monitor things like drug safety‚ patents‚ quality‚ and pricing are in place for protection. They are the World Health Organization (or WHO) US Food and Drug Administration (or FDA) Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (or MHRA). This is
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and procedures relevant to the administration of medication 1. In the workplace there is a generic Medication Management Policy and Procedures for Adult Services (Issue 10‚ 2012) document. This is kept to hand in a locked cupboard‚ readily available to read. It requires that all Healthcare Staff are given mandatory training and refreshers are provided. Legislation which surrounds the administration of medication includes The Medicines Act 1968‚ The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971‚ The Data Protection
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QCF Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care Administer medication to individuals‚ and monitor the effects 1 Understand legislation‚ policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication 1.1. Identify current legislation‚ guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication Legislation relating to medicines The Medicines Act (1968) It governs the control of medicines for human use and for veterinary use. It requires‚ that the local pharmasist or dispensing
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Atrazine‚ and the Food Safety Modernization Act will be discussed in further detail. Bovine growth hormone (BGH) is hormone which is naturally produced in the pituitary gland of cows. In the early 1980s‚ research lead to the development and paten of artificially synthesized BGH called recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH). As a result‚ dairy producing cows that are injected with rBGH can yield more milk than non-injected cows. In 1993‚ the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quickly approved
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Federation‚ the National Association of the Terminally Ill‚ the Coalition for Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs‚ the Massachusetts Senior Action Council‚ and the American Association for Retired Persons); foreign governments (such as the German Health Ministry and the European Union); federal‚ state and local governments and regulatory agencies (such as the Food and Drug Administration‚ Medicare‚ and the U.S. Congress); the general public; and‚ the media. Primary Stakeholders. Primary stakeholders
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Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings Assignment 208 Task Av and Avi Responsibilities of the Social Care Worker Before you can administer any medication you should be trained in the Administration of Medication There should be designated staff responsible for ordering‚ receiving etc All medication should be handled and stored securely Audit and recording responsibilities Staff who have not had training has limitations and should be supervised by trained staff Obtaining Medication
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s Your project this week deals with confidentiality and scope of practice issues. You’ll also deal with correcting an error made in regards to patient care. You will be evaluated on each project on the accuracy of your responses‚ the completeness of your responses‚ your ability to think critically about each situation and your overall writing ability. Your responses to the questions below should be constructed in complete sentences using proper grammar‚ spelling and punctuation. Your project
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chemical companies were founded in Philadelphia‚ marking the beginning of our current pharmaceutical manufacturing industry (Pfizer‚ 2008a). Founded in 1849‚ Pfizer has grown into a multibillion-dollar corporation by providing many of the highest quality drugs available today (Pfizer‚ 2007). However‚ many factors impact the continued success of Pfizer and the pharmaceutical industry in general. After reviewing these factors‚ it is our recommendation that Pfizer focus on short-term consolidation and long-term
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the pharmacist being aware of the patients history from the patients drug history report and being aware of any important information‚ such as allergies and adverse drug reactions with various medicines prescribed. Then following a discussion with the pharmacist and also referring to the BNF for children the pharmacist was able to confirm that the medicines could be taken by the patient without any consequences of adverse drug reactions or
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Food Inc This movie is a documentary of how foods are being produced and it helped us show the basis of how food is packaged and sold locally in our grocery stores. This movie reveals what our industry has been trying so desperately to keep from us. We have a right to know what we put in our bodies. We have a right to know whether the food we’re eating has been genetically modified‚ or where it comes from. After watching the film Food‚ Inc. I gain knowledge on parts of our food industry that was
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