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Watch this video which was produced by regis:ctv and describes the legislative policies that you will need to bear in mind when administering and handling medicine. Watch the video and make notes. Is there anything that you can relate to your setting?
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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