managing medication
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Managing medication
Linda NazarkoNurse consultant
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/linda-nazarko-1952a746
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Aims and objectives To be aware of: Legal and professional responsibilities The five rights of medication How systems and processes can
improve safety How to reduce the risk of errors High risk medications Resident’s difficulties with medication
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Legal responsibilites Care Quality Commission
Standards (2010) (outcome nine p104-109)
Regulation thirteen of the Health & Social Care Act.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2014) guidance on medication management in care homes.
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NICE StandardsRecommendation CommentsResidents involved in care and treatment decision
Provide support to enable residents to make decisions. Record on care plan and update regularly
Care homes must have a written policy
Policy details of how the care home share information about medicines, keeps records on medication, manage drug errors, list and review medications, order receive, store, dispense and dispose of medicines
Prescribers should assume that people who live in care homes are able to make decisions about their own medicines.
If a prescriber is concerned about a person's ability to make such decisions, they should check whether the person is able to understand why, for example, a new medicine is needed before offering it.
Providers of health or social care services should have processes in place for sharing accurate information about a resident's medicines
This should include details of medicines that is recorded and transferred when a resident moves from one care setting to another e.g. from hospital to care home and care home to hospital
Commissioners and health and social care services should ensure a robust process is in place for identifying, reporting, reviewing and learning from medicines errors
Responsibility shared between health and social care.
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Medication errors Older people vulnerable to adverse effects
medication
Between 5-15% of older people admitted to
hospital because ill effects medication
Around 40% of older people in nursing homes
may be prescribed medicines inappropriately
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Stages at which errors occur
Prescribing and monitoring Ordering Dispensing Administration
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Prescribing & monitoring
Medical history Good information from hospital Knowledge drug interactions Routine monitoring Minimise medication
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Medication review50% require a review & 47% of reviewed medications discontinued. Problems identified:Side effectsNot takingIneffective treatmentUnnecessary treatmentInappropriate treatmentTreatment not indicated
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Ordering
Consider lead person(s) to check stocks, order medication and ensure reviews carried out
Electronic prescribing coming
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Dispensing Lack information Some research
-7% medication mis-labelled
Change working practices reduce errors
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The five R’s of medication administration.
Right resident
Right medication Right route Right dose Right time
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Medication administration errors
Nurse should follow procedures
If problems with procedures report it
If the system is broken we need to fix the system not shoot the messenger
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Ways to reduce risk of errors
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High risk medications Warfarin, Insulin, antiplatelet drugs such
as aspirin and clopidogrel, and oral hypoglycaemic drugs such as metformin high risk adverse reactions (Budnitz et al, 2011). The risks increase as the number of medications rise.
Potential drug interaction risk when patients are taking 2 to 3, 4 to 5, and 6 to 7 medications are 39%, 88.8%, and 100
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Hypnotics Reduced
awareness Increased risk
falls, pressure damage, dehydration
Not for long term use
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Diuretics Can affect renal
function Increase or
decrease potassium
Cause hypotension Increase risk falls Monitoring and
blood tests
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Antipsychotics
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Resident difficulties Large pills – hard
to swallow Dry mouth Swallowing
difficulties Adverse effects
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Responding to difficulties
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Key points Care home residents are vulnerable to
ADRS Home should have systems to enhance
safety Small changes can make a big
difference Work with person to overcome
difficulties
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Thank you for listening
Any questions?