Medicine management in care homes by Issac Theophilos

Medicine management is one of the biggest challenges for care homes. Getting medicine management bulletproof can guarantee your CQC inspection results in the Safe domain. 

Most care homes easily trip on medicines management. Here is a chance for you to audit your care home to the highest possible medicine standards. 

This course is based on best practices from NICE guidelines, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and Local authority policies and solutions that have worked in care homes based on Issac's experience. 

PLEASE NOTE - THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU TO IMPROVE YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO AN OUTSTANDING MANAGER LEVELS IN MEDICINE MANAGEMENT 

Course contents:

1. The CQC rating characteristics explained in meds management
2. Importance of meds management
3. Requirements for a Good rating
4. Requirements for an Outstanding rating
5. Applicable regulations
6. Contents of medication policy
7. Staff training requirements
8. Employer and employee responsibilities
9. CQC prosecution case study
10. Categories of medicines
11. Ownership of medications
12. Levels of support
13. Prescription journey
14. Receiving medications
15. Consent process
16. Sharing medicine information
17. Data protection implications
18. Administering medicines when the person is away
19. Storing medicines
20. Storing controlled drugs
21. Disposing medications
22. Administration of medications
23. Rights of medicines
24. Routes of administration
25. Medicine administration record
26. Administering eye drops
27. Administering eye ointments
28. Administering ear drops
29. Controlled drugs
30. Antibiotics
31. Respiratory drugs
32. Diuretics
33. Digoxin
34. Anticonvulsants
35. Antidepressants
36. Sedatives
37. Anticoagulants
38. Warfarin
39. Insulin
40. Use of lithium
41. Use of oxygen
42. Use of patches
43. Time-sensitive medications
44. End-of-life care medications
45. Non-medicated creams
46. Use of thickener
47. When required medications (PRN)
48. Self-administration
49. Covert administration
50. Medication errors
51. Incident reporting
52. Medicine auditing
53. Must read documents

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