Course overview
Why do I need this course?
- Understand your responsibilities when handling medication outside of clinical settings
- Prevent medication errors by following safe storage and administration procedures
- Improve patient safety through accurate record-keeping and error reporting
- Support independence by enabling safe self-administration where appropriate
What will I learn?
- Principles of safe and appropriate handling of medicines
- How to request, store, administer and dispose of medication
- Record-keeping requirements and how to report medication errors
- Supporting individuals with self-medication and capacity considerations
Who is this course for?
- Social care workers managing medication in community or residential settings
- Support staff assisting individuals with daily medication routines
- Volunteers and family carers responsible for administering medicines
- Anyone seeking CPD in medication safety and awareness
Course details
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.
Upon completion of this course, the learner will 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
This course consists of the following modules:
- Medication Awareness
- Safe Handling of Medicines
- Course Length: 60 mins
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