Aims and Objectives

• - Understand your role in the safe administration of medicines.
• - Outline factors contributing to drug errors
• - Discuss ways of minimising clinical risk
• - Explain how patient safety and well being can be enhanced
• - Explain requirements for valid consent.
• - To outline the legal and professional requirements regarding the Administration of Medicines.
• - To identify the need for an effective strategy for managing clinical risk.

Course Content

• - The 5 rights to medicine administration
• - Why do mistakes happen
• - Medication incidents
• - Accountability and Drug Administration
• - Record Keeping

The total length of the course is estimated to be 1 hour long.

Work your way through the COURSEWORK, QUIZ and EVALUATION.

Once you have completed these, then you can claim your online CERTIFICATE, by paying a small fee.

The fee for this course certificate is £15

You will receive an online certificate and a printed certificate will be posted out to the address in your profile.