Safe Administration of Medicines

Course Details

We are delighted to be in the position of being able to offer you the world's most comprehensive online medication administration training - more comprehensive than most non-online alternatives!

Satisfying current standards, this course will help you get medication administration right, first time, every time.

Put across logically, in bite size pieces, people understand it, learn from it and can put best medication practices into daily use.

Whether for induction, vocational, refresher or management training, this is medication administration training you will want to use time after time. You can start the course right now.

Plus, every trainee receives a FREE training certificate on completion of the course.

The syllabus includes, for example:

Taking responsibility
Uses of medication
Taking medication
Types of drugs
Non-prescription medication
Medication register
Contraindications
Tolerance
Dependence
Consent
Authorised persons
Medication record entries
Reading prescriptions
Medication changes
Labels, correct v. faults
Medication receipt
Medication storage
Correct administration practices
Advance preparation
Infection control

Medication trolleys
Interruptions and distractions, managing them
Medication administration records
Observation
Finishing medication correctly
Do and don't instructions
Crushing
Covert medication
Dosage errors
Disposal of medicines
Specialised techniques
Controlled drugs
Self medication
Compliance aids
Monitored dosage systems (MDS)
Home care issues
Preventing and managing medication errors

Online Training

Take this course online right now from only £2.99, and take advantage of the flexibility of Social-Care.TV!

DVD Training

A DVD featuring the areas covered by this course is available from Mulberry House.