Medication Awareness and Safe Handling of Medicines
This course will give you a good insight into the procedures that should be followed when taking charge of someone’s medication outside of a health setting. It covers requesting prescriptions, maintaining records, storing, administering and disposing of medication, self-medication and issues that might arise in the administration of medication.
The course is easy to do and comes with a wealth of supporting material as well as the option to do a demo to determine whether it’s suitable for you.
The course is ideal for people who are involved in looking after medication for anyone outside of a healthcare setting and includes carers in domiciliary settings, carers in care homes, managers of care providers, family members who want to understand more about safe handling of medication or anyone interested in a safe handling of medication course.
This course consists of the following modules:
- Medication Awareness
- Safe Handling of Medicines
Once you’ve completed this course, you’ll have a knowledge of:
- The principles of safe and appropriate handling of medicines as set out by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- The importance of good record-keeping
- Prescription requests
- Medication for people who lack capacity
- Medication storage and disposal
- Administering medication, including supporting self-administration
- The use of monitored dosage systems
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Training
- Reporting medication errors
- Transfers to other settings
FAQs
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