Today is our topic of discussion Rules for Administration of Medicines.
Rules for Administration of Medicines
Rules for Administration of Medicines
Rules Regarding Labels
- Administer medications only form the properly labeler container
- Poisonous drugs should be labeled in red ink
- Read labels of medicine 3 times and check with doctor’s order
- Pour the medicine form the bottle only after shaking the bottle
- Do not use the medicine that is different in color, test, odor and consistency.
Rules Regarding Measuring Medicine
- Always use a calibrated ounce glasses or medicine glass to measure the medicine
- Always give exactly what is ordered
- Make sure that the medicine glasses are clean and dry before pouring medicine
- Hold the ounce glass at eye level and place thumbnail of the hand at the required level and then pour the medicine.
- Pour the medicine just before the time of administration into the medicine glasses.
Rules Regarding Administration
- Observe the five rights in giving each medication, right patient, right time, right medicine, right dosage and right method of administration.
- Give medicines only after checking a signed medication order by the doctor.
- Accept verbal orders, only in emergency to save the life of a patient.
- Always identify the patient before giving medication.
- Stay with the patient until he has taken medicine completely.
- An error in medication should be immediately reported to the ward sister.
- Use proper light while giving medicines because aim light can cause errors.
- Never give water after giving caught syrups. It leaves a soothing effect to prevent cough.
- Drugs which stimulate appetite should be given before food.
Rules Regarding Recording of Drugs
- Record each does if medicine soon after it is administered .
- Follow standard observations in recording medicine.
- Record time, dose and route of the medicine given.
- Record only those medicines, which have been administered.
- Record unusual effects such as allergic reactions.