Prescriptions - Inpatients Sample Clauses

Prescriptions - Inpatients. Medicinal products may only be prescribed on an approved Health Board prescription or in-patient prescription and administration record sheet. i) The following patient details must be entered: • The patient’s name. • The patient’s address. • Unit number. • Date of birth. • Xxxx name. • Name of the Consultant. • Any known drug sensitivities. (Details of the nature of the sensitivity should be given where possible, e.g. rash. Charts should also be endorsed with ‘None Known’ to indicate when No Known Allergies have been found). • The weight of the patient should also be entered for all paediatric patients and for patients where dose adjustments by weight will be made. • A pre-printed addressograph label should be used whenever possible and attached to the prescription chart or form before other details are added. ii) The following medication details must be entered • The name of the medicine should be written legibly using block capitals and approved names. • Proprietary names (i.e. brand names) must not be used routinely. The use is acceptable for multi-ingredient preparations with no approved name or for products whose proprietary name defines a specific formulation (e.g. slow release Diltiazem preparations). • The date on which the treatment is to commence must be entered on the prescription sheet. • Dose must be expressed in SI units. Quantities less than 1 gram must be written as milligrams. Quantities less than 1mg must be written as micrograms (and where used, nanograms). The decimal point should be avoided – for example 500 mg not 0.5 g. • Wherever a decimal point is necessary, the prescriber and the person administering the medicine must exercise great care in the writing of the prescription and/or administration of the medicine. • The terms ‘microgram’ and ‘nanogram’ must not be abbreviated but must be printed in full and used for quantities of less than 1 milligram. • The word ‘units’ (for example insulin) should be written in full. • The only abbreviations that are acceptable are: mg milligram g gram kg kilogram l litre ml millilitre mmol millimole • The dose required must not be expressed in the terms of dosage for a single ingredient preparation e.g. Atenolol “2 tablets” is not acceptable; it should be written as Atenolol “100mg”. • Dose frequency. • For regular medication the prescriber must use either the 24-hour clock or the pre-set drug round times to indicate administration time. • For “as required medicines”, the times of administration mu...
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