PDF-O731B How to Read Medication Orders and Drug Labels

PG 1 SELFSTUDY PROGRAM Introduction Understanding how to read medication orders and drug It will also help you understand orders and instructions for any medications you or your family takes This. x Work with computer software vendors to make changes in electronic order entry programs x Provide examples when educating staff on how using ambiguous abbreviations have led to errors and serious patient harm x Provide staff with ISMPs list of erro at Multi-Organ Transplant Program . Dr. Helen Chen. 1. , Kevin . Quach. 1,2. , . Dr. Ian MacKillop. 1. , Dr. Joseph Kim. 2. 1 University of Waterloo. 2 University Health Network. Faculty/Presenter Disclosure. What does Didactic mean?. Didactic is:. Greek: “to teach, educate”. From the information given to you above, what do you think this word means if we are writing a didactic label? . Writing the Labels. Nutrition 2.2. Students will be able to define the key term calorie. . Students will be able to identify the 6 factors that determine a persons caloric intake. Students will be able to read and understand food labels . Understand Product . Labeling Guidelines. Garment Labels. Garment labels are a small part of a garment, but a large part in linking the brand to the garment.. Labels are one of the “primary” tools for brand establishment and awareness.. Dispensing to In – patients & Outpatients. Unit dose dispensing . Prepackaging. Dispensing of controlled substances. Drug Distribution systems or Dispensing to In-Patients . There are four systems in general use for dispensing drugs for inpatients. Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE, Division of Geriatric Medicine. What are we doing here today?. Very few of you will be geriatricians…. But many of you will care for geriatric patients, and. the most common intervention you will be doing is prescribing... Wilma Townsend. DPT, Team Leader. November 20, 2014. Objectives. (. 1) increase the field’s knowledge of medication units and their usefulness and barriers to implementation; . (. 2) demonstrate how medication units increase treatment capacity and access to care, . Mark Stringer, Director. Missouri Divisions of Alcohol and Drug Abuse & Comprehensive Psychiatric Services. NASADAD Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. June 8, 2011. Medication Assisted Treatment Timeline. Short Stay and Long Stay. WA Hospital Medication Chart . (. WA HMC). The . WA HMC . is the national standardised medication chart designed to assist . communication of a patient’s medication requirements . a specific medication to be administeredpractitioner may also give a mes of medication orders areCopy of a written prescription Written order on a consultation form signed by the practitioner Written The . risk for development of a drug eruption is related to the following factors: age, gender, dose, and the nature of the medication itself. . Females . are . 1.3-1.5 . times more likely to develop drug eruptions, except in children under the age of 3 where boys are more likely to be affected. . Why are drug labels and inserts provided?. Labels and inserts are important markers that describe and explain who, what, where, when, why and how of the drug. .. How the drug is prescribed for, What is the drug, Where is the drug administered, When to administer the drug, Why is the drug used, How to administer the . Travis R. . Goodwin. 1. , . Dina . Demner-Fushman. 1. , Kin Wah Fung. 1. , . and . Phong. Do. 2. 1. . Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, . U.S. National Library of Medicine.