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Avoidable medication errors cost 1,700 lives and more than £98 million to the NHS in England every year. (Source: BMJ Quality and Safety Journal)

Medication can be dangerous when misused but when used effectively is a very powerful tool to alleviate symptoms and improve or prolong a persons life.

Healthcare professionals are not only responsible for the safe delivery of medication but also upholding dignity, encouraging independence and respecting choices the service user/patient makes.

Who is this course for?

Medication Administration training is an excellent refresher course for healthcare professionals with the responsibility of receiving, storing, administering and disposing of medication.

Objectives

• Understand your professional duties and legal obligations
• Recognise the importance of reporting any lapses in care
• Acknowledge your competence limits
• Learn to provide effective verbal and non-verbal support
• Overcome communication barriers for better interaction
• Identify factors affecting individual comfort and dignity
• Obtain valid consent and offer necessary support
• Understand the basics of Pharmacokinetics
• Learn to interpret prescriptions and charts
• Master the non-touch technique for medication preparation
• Know how to verify medication intake
• Understand safe medication disposal
• Keep accurate and updated records
• Apply standard infection control measures
• Understand buccal administration and self-administration
• Understand medication dosage calculation
• Identify and prevent common prescribing errors
• Learn effective ways to escalate concerns

Course content

• Legislation
• The 8 rights of medication administration
• Classification and types of medication
• Routes into the body
• Maintaining records
• Prescribing medication
• Types and reasons for errors
• Storing and disposing of medication
• Buccal administration
• Self-administration and supporting independence
• Contra indications, allergies and overdoses
• Monitoring dosage systems
• Medication calculations

Course benefits

• Certificate lasts for 1 year!
• Reduce the likelihood of errors made whilst administering medicine
• Delivers key information to enhance user/ patient care