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errors in the giving of medicines
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this is for a course i am doing, if an error is made when giving out medication what procdures need to be followered should an error happen ? can anyone help please
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If it's for a hospital then there should be an internal policy for this that will have been taken from an national policy. The below link may help.
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it's very complicated. How do you prove it was an error and not a deliberate act of abuse? There are specific procedures as crete has pointed out with a critical incident report. Have you read this?
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sorry it's this one I meant to post up.... many appologies :-)
http://www.ocr.org.uk/Data/publications/specif ications_syllabuses_and_tutors_handbooks/cquar tetOCRTempFileptG02qF83r.pdf
http://www.ocr.org.uk/Data/publications/specif ications_syllabuses_and_tutors_handbooks/cquar tetOCRTempFileptG02qF83r.pdf
I would say inform the most senior person on duty, contact GP for advice and follow any instructions, inform the resident and their next-of-kin. An incident form should be filled out and a supervision should take place with the person responsible to ascertain why the incident happened and if any training needs are identified. Depending on outcome, the person responsible may be removed from the duty of dealing with meds until further training and supervision takes place.
This happened to me when the charge nurse in a resedential home gave me drugs to take to a certain resident, which I did. When she came to give someone else drugs she realised that she had given me the wrong drugs that were meant for someone else. At that point she phoned the Doctor and reported what had happened. The error was also entered in the residents notes and in the drug book and the patient was monitored the rest of the shift. There was a big enquiry about it mainly to ensure that this never happened again with any resident.
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