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Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Managing medicines in care homes’ produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
- 'The law and guidance on managing controlled drugs’ from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
- ‘Pharmaceutical services to social care settings’ produced by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
- ‘Care home staff administering medicines’ from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
- ‘Medicines information’ from NHS Choices.
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on 'Medication Awareness''
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on 'Legislation for use of medication in social care settings'.
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click on the link to access the article ‘The safer management of controlled drugs’, which was published by the Care Quality Commission.
- Click on the link to access Controlled Drugs (Supervision of management and use) Regulations 2013. Read the information about accountable officers on page 8 and consider who would be the accountable officer in your setting.
- Read what this document ‘Environment and sustainability Health Technical Memorandum 07-01: Safe management of healthcare waste’ says in relation to the disposal of medication in accordance to Hazardous Waste Regulations.
- In ‘Evaluation article: Managing medication’ Tim Dallinger looks at how medication errors lead to unsafe service provision.
- NICE have also produced ‘Medicines adherence: Involving patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence’.
- Use the internet to research different routes by which medicine can be administered.
- Think And Challenge
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