Administration of Medications

You as a patient should know that medications have the potential to cause serious harm to you. All medication orders must come from the Doctor or an authorized health care professional. Health care professionals need to ensure CONSTANT VIGILANCE(Prof. Alastor Moody), to prevent errors and ensure quality of patient care.


Principles of Drug Administration

- Physicians should assess the patients health, obtain their medication history to check vitamin, herbs, supplements use before giving them their medications.

- Also, assess their socioeconomic status, and their ability to self administer.

- Lastly, determine the most suitable route of administration.

Seven Rights of Drug Administration

Right patient
Right drug
Right dose
Right route
Right time
Right technique
Right documentation

Errors can occur at the manufacturing stage, the prescription stage, the dispensing stage, or the administrating stage.

Constant Vigilance!