Reasons To Administer Eye Drops
1. Eye drops to be dispensed into the inside corner of the eye; this allows the medication to have maximum effect.
2. To Administer drugs means that you are responsible for the drugs.
3. To Assist means that the service user is responsible, but you can still assist them by doing things such as opening the medication bottle.
4. When you are administrating medication, you are responsible for every aspect of the job, from start to finish.
5. The care plan should say whether you assist or administer the medication.
6. NO medication is to be given to a service user without you being present, for example you cannot put medication in a pot and leave it for the service user to take when you are not in the room with them.
7. You don’t need
to wear gloves when dispensing medication from a blister pack as you do not have contact with medication.
8. Things such as throat soothers and lemsips etc. have to be held by the service users. Only if you have asked for advice from the service users GP are you then allowed to add it to their mar sheet.
9. If you give service users a new tablet or cream medication and they have a reaction what do you do?
AMBULANCE- if it is anything that can be life threatening i.e. anaphylactic shock, swelling of the throat.
THE PHARMACIST- is the person most specialised in telling you what to do as they are trained in what affects medication can have on a person.
A DOCTOR- would be the person you would contact if you cannot get in contact with a pharmacist.
The most important thing to remember is if you make a mistake when you are administering medication to a service user; do not cover it up as the service user is the most important person. It is important that you inform your line manager, other staff members can always learn from your mistakes.
2. To Administer drugs means that you are responsible for the drugs.
3. To Assist means that the service user is responsible, but you can still assist them by doing things such as opening the medication bottle.
4. When you are administrating medication, you are responsible for every aspect of the job, from start to finish.
5. The care plan should say whether you assist or administer the medication.
6. NO medication is to be given to a service user without you being present, for example you cannot put medication in a pot and leave it for the service user to take when you are not in the room with them.
7. You don’t need
to wear gloves when dispensing medication from a blister pack as you do not have contact with medication.
8. Things such as throat soothers and lemsips etc. have to be held by the service users. Only if you have asked for advice from the service users GP are you then allowed to add it to their mar sheet.
9. If you give service users a new tablet or cream medication and they have a reaction what do you do?
AMBULANCE- if it is anything that can be life threatening i.e. anaphylactic shock, swelling of the throat.
THE PHARMACIST- is the person most specialised in telling you what to do as they are trained in what affects medication can have on a person.
A DOCTOR- would be the person you would contact if you cannot get in contact with a pharmacist.
The most important thing to remember is if you make a mistake when you are administering medication to a service user; do not cover it up as the service user is the most important person. It is important that you inform your line manager, other staff members can always learn from your mistakes.