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.
On completion of the course you will automatically get a course certificate, along with your name, CPD hours, date and learning objectives.
Objectives
Once you’ve completed this course, you’ll have a good 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
Modules
- Medication Awareness
- Safe Handling of Medicines
Specific csourse
- Duration: 1 hour
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PDF certificate -
Unlimited replays -
12 months access
Training for your organisation
Call 01273 091 301 or email enquiries@melearning.co.uk for more info.
Annual Solutions
We provide cost-effective annual solutions allowing up to 5, 10, 20 or a whole library of digital courses starting from £12 per learner, subject to requirement. Contact enquiries@melearning.co.uk for more information.
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