Medication Management:
Meeting the Standards Video
The Medication Management: Meeting the Standards Video and Workbook can be used to train and educate clinical care providers, pharmacists, physicians and new hires about the JCAHO medication management requirements for each discipline.
Your staff will learn:
Key processes that lead to optimal medication management
How best to demonstrate compliance with these requirements
Safeguards against medication errors
Methods to avoid common medication management pitfalls
Types of medication management information that will be requested and examined during your next JCAHO accreditation survey
The Medication Management: Meeting the Standards Video and Workbook include:
JCAHO focus on medication error prevention including:
Use of an Acceptable Abbreviation List to prevent prescribing and transcription errors
Appropriate pharmacy and patient care unit medication storage and labeling - including "look-alike/sound-alike" drug labeling and storage
Transcription best practices
Licensed Independent Practitioner prescribing and ordering best practices
Clinical care provider "five rights" of medication administration and other error prevention safeguard methodology
Narcotic and controlled substances requirements
Use and storage of emergency medications
Use of medication transport boxes
Practical methods on how to identify ADRs
Differences between actual ADRs and medication side effects
Use and specifics related to medication delivery devices (i.e., "pixis" machines)
Management of medication delivery equipment (i.e., pumps)
Obtaining patient specific information for safe medication prescription, preparation, administration and monitoring
Documentation requirements
Requirements for educating patients and families in managing their medication (including inpatient and discharge preparation information)
Surveyor interviews with staff and patients
Take the worry out of this "hot topic" survey issue. By viewing this video and using the helpful workbook included, you will increase staff knowledge and comfort levels while building survey confidence! Knowing what the surveyors expect to see and hear related to medication management throughout your institution, can guarantee accreditation success in this area!!!
This CE activity was approved by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
