Floor Stock Medication Guidelines

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Floor stock medication guidelines.

Drugs on the nursing station or ward may be divided in to. Products with established discard dates on manufacturer s packaging see page 20 18 20 19 6. Traditional floor stock systems have included storage rooms filled with bulk ordered inventory drug cabinets with an inventory of one to several days worth of drugs and drug carts loaded by pharmacists each day with a day s worth of medications according to the canadian journal of hospital pharmacy. Be sure to evaluate the look alike potential of product containers.

Elements of care the mission of pharmacists is to help people make the best use of medications 1 therefore pharmacists shall be. One reader asked about a nurse s responsibilities when drawing up an injectible medication but not administering it and specifically wanted to know about the documentation duties affiliated with the draw up. Perform failure mode and effects analysis fmea. Supply for psychotropic medicines iv.

Nurses reach out to me regularly with questions concerning medication administration and preparation. Ward unit inspection 2 1 unit dose system all medications dispensed to patients in the wards should be kept in individually labelled drawers or trays in the medication trolleys for patients. Guidelines for more detailed descriptions. Certain elements of these guidelines may be applicable to other health care settings or may be useful in evaluating the scope and quality of pharmacy services.

Conduct regular rounds at affiliated outpatient facilities and on inpatient units to verify floor stock and ensure safe storage of medications. B dispensing of non charge floor stock drugs these are medicaments placed at the nursing station for the use of all patients on the floor drug basket method 15. Floor stock emergency trolleys medication ii. General pharmacy policies b.

Open dates on floor stock containers b. Products with abbreviated discard dates a. A charge floor stock drugs b non charge floor stock drugs. Medications should be routinely reviewed and adjusted based on medication prescribing patterns utilization and specific unit needs taking into account typical patient ages and diagnoses.

Under this system the drugs are given to the patient through the nursing station and the pharmacy supplies from the drug store of a hospital. Admixtures g any opened liquid medications 10 ward stock medications the pharmacy shall establish a list of ward stock medications for each ward and that list shall be reviewed on an annual basis by the pharmacy department. 2 complete floor stock system. Inventory all concentrated electrolytes in the organization and perform an fmea.

Supplies for discharged patients v.