Administration of medicines

Our administration of medicines course will be tailored to your environment, be it a home care setting, a prison or any other environment and can include administration of controlled drugs if your require this.

• Course length - between ½-day and 1-day, depending on your needs
• your role in medication administration
• legal and professional responsibilities
• the difference between assisting and asministering
• the principles of safe administration
• different routes of administration
• common abbreviations
• the importance of safe administration of controlled drugs
• awareness of the principles of minimising medication errors
• how to manage, record and report medication errors
• documentation and consent