Rights of Medication 1
Ensuring you have the correct person to give the medication to
Right Patient
Should not happen when personnel follow the six rights of proper drug administration and guidelines.
Medication error
Taken by mouth
Oral
Intradermal injection is given between the upper layers of skin at an angle almost parallel to the skin. This is usually done to administer a skin test such as an allergy test or TB test.
Intradermal
True or False: Pediatric patients are NOT based on weight.
False
Compare label to the physician order ensuring you have the formulation ordered.
Right Drug
The abbreviation used for "before meals"
AC
Inserted rectally
Rectal
Drug is injected into the subcutaneous layer of the skin. Usually inserted at a 45 degree angle
Subcutaneous
True or False: Drugs administered to a pregnant mother can/will pass into the fetus.
True
Performing math calculations if needed to ensure the patient receives enough or not too much medication.
Right Dose
Three types of names every drug has
Generic, Trade, Chemical
placed on skin such as a cream
Topical
Drug is injected into a muscle. Usually inserted at a 90 degree angle.
Intramuscular
True or False: Breastfeeding patients may have drugs they take excreted in their breast milk
True
Being knowledgeable in how the body will take in the medication given.
Right Route
Study of drugs and their interactions with living systems
Pharmacology
Placed in eyes. i.e. eye drops
Opthalmic
Drug is injected into a vein directly
Intravenous
If two drugs are taken and they have an effect on each other, this is referred to as:
Drug-Drug Interactions
Ensuring the patient gets the dose when it is ordered.
Right Time
Retraction of plunger before injection of medication ensuring there is no blood present
Aspiration
Placed under tongue
Sublingual
Method of injection in which the Medical Assistant pulls the skin to the side before inserting the needle and releasing the skin after needle is removed.
Z-Track
Certain foods may alter a drug's therapeutic effect. This is known as:
Drug-Food Interaction