Medications Flashcards
How should the medications be stored?
- Centrally stored
- Kept in a safe and locked place
- Not accessible to persons other than employees responsible for supervision of meds
What must b.e stored inaccessible to dementia residents?
- Over the counter medications
- Nutritional supplements
- Vitamins
What is the regulation regarding the labeling of medications?
- Shall be labeled
- Maintained in compliance with state and federal laws
- Dispensing pharmacists are only ones allowed to alter prescription label.
- Medication should be stored In its originally receive container.
- No medication should be transferred between containers.
What information is required to be specified on CSM containers?
- Date of Filling
- Expiration date
- Number of refills
- The name of the pharmacy and address
- The serial number of the medicine
- The name of the patient
- The name of the prescribing practitioner
- Direction for use and cautionary statement
When should the Prescription Medication be destroyed? ,
- Termination of the services
- Not returned to the issuing pharmacy
- Not retained in the facility as ordered by the physician
- Documented in the residents record
- Not disposed of according to the hospice established procedure.
Who are responsible for destroying medication?
- Facility Administrator
- One adult who is not resident
How was the destruction of the medication recorded?
- Persons who destroyed the Medication should sign the records to be retained for at least 3 years.
- Name the residents
- The prescription number and name of the pharmacy
- The drug name, strength and quantity destroyed
- The date of the destruction
What shall the licensee be responsible for in regards to medications?
- Assure a record of CSMs are kept for each resident
- Records should include:
- Name of Resident
- Name of prescribing physician
- Drug name, strength and quantity
- Date filled
- Prescription number
- Name of pharmacy
- Instructions, if any, regarding control and custody of medication
- Records must be maintained for at least one year
Persons may assist the residents with PRN medication
- Licensee
- Designated staff
Assistance with Self-medication does not include
- Forcing the residents to take the medication
- Hiding or camouflaging the medications in other substance without the residents knowledge and consent.
- Infringing the right of the residents to refuse medications.
When shall the facility Staff be permitted to assist the residents with PRN Self-medication w/o restriction?
If the residents physician has stated in writing that the resident is able to determine and communicate the need for a prescription or non prescription PRN medication.
What is required for facility Staff to be permitted to assist the residents with PRN Self-medication when the resident is unable to determine his/her own their need for self-medication but can communicate their symptoms clearly?
- There is a written direction from the physician, on a prescription blank
- specifying of the name the residents
- The name of the medication
- usage of medication
- Exact dosage
- Minimum number of hour between doses
- Maximum number of doses allowed in 24- hour period
- Maintained in the residents record, include the date, dosage and residents response.
What is required for facility Staff to be permitted to assist the residents with PRN Self-medication when the resident is unable to determine his/her own their need for self-medication and unable to communicate their symptoms?
- Facility Staff shall contact the resident ‘s physician prior to each dose, symptoms.
- date & time of each contact with the physician and direction the physician and residents response
- Shall be documented and maintained in the residents facility records .
How must you disposed the syringes and needles in accordance of CACOR concerning blood-borne diseases
-Shearing or breaking of contaminated needles is prohibited.
-Contaminated needles shall not be bent or recapped.
-Waste containers shall not be opened or emptied manually.
Contaminated needles shall be placed in appropriate container with a labeled as BIOHAZARDOUS WASTE OR SHARPS WASTE.
