Medication: Patient and Service User
Unit 47 : Administer Medication to Individuals and Monitor the Effects
Task 1 : Identify current legislations, guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication Medicines Act 1968
This sets out the criteria for the prescription, supply, storage and administration of medicines, and classifies medicines into the following groups. 1. Prescription-only medicines (POM) which can only be obtained on prescription, prescribed by an authorised health professional, such as a doctor, specialist trained nurse or dentist. These must be prescribed by a qualified health practitioner and include medicines that are brought under the supervision of a pharmacist, such as anti-biotics. 2. Over the counter medicines, which are broken down into the following categories. 3. (a) Pharmacy-only medicines (P) which can be bought under the supervision of a registered pharmacists.
(b) General Sales list medicines (GSL), which may be bought from shops and supermarkets without supervision or an advice from a health professional. Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
The act covers the use of medicines that could cause particular harm if in the wrong hands. Controlled drugs are medicines that are considered potentially addictive and dangerous, and these have special provisions for their use. Controlled Drug : This are prescription-only medicines that have extra restrictions on their security. It should be two qualified nurses or Healthcare Professional should administered it and be countered signed to monitor the doses of the drugs and the quantity that been distributed to the hospital. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973
The act deals with the safe storage of medicines. In hospitals and care homes, controlled drugs are stored in a wall-mounted locked cabinet within a locked cupboard that usually have an alarm or lights that indicated the someone open the cupboard and trying to have access to the controlled drug inside the cupboard for it. When the inner cupboard
Task 1 : Identify current legislations, guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication Medicines Act 1968
This sets out the criteria for the prescription, supply, storage and administration of medicines, and classifies medicines into the following groups. 1. Prescription-only medicines (POM) which can only be obtained on prescription, prescribed by an authorised health professional, such as a doctor, specialist trained nurse or dentist. These must be prescribed by a qualified health practitioner and include medicines that are brought under the supervision of a pharmacist, such as anti-biotics. 2. Over the counter medicines, which are broken down into the following categories. 3. (a) Pharmacy-only medicines (P) which can be bought under the supervision of a registered pharmacists.
(b) General Sales list medicines (GSL), which may be bought from shops and supermarkets without supervision or an advice from a health professional. Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
The act covers the use of medicines that could cause particular harm if in the wrong hands. Controlled drugs are medicines that are considered potentially addictive and dangerous, and these have special provisions for their use. Controlled Drug : This are prescription-only medicines that have extra restrictions on their security. It should be two qualified nurses or Healthcare Professional should administered it and be countered signed to monitor the doses of the drugs and the quantity that been distributed to the hospital. Misuse of Drugs Act 1973
The act deals with the safe storage of medicines. In hospitals and care homes, controlled drugs are stored in a wall-mounted locked cabinet within a locked cupboard that usually have an alarm or lights that indicated the someone open the cupboard and trying to have access to the controlled drug inside the cupboard for it. When the inner cupboard