Description
Book SynopsisThe supply and administration of medicines is an area of practice in which a number of healthcare professionals are involved. Prescribing is a relatively new role that many of these healthcare professionals have adopted. This book focuses on promoting safety in medicines delivery, emphasising care in prescribing, dispensing and administering drugs.
Trade Review'Medical students should read this as an excellent introduction about patient safety and medication issues … Very appropriate with the current focus on prescribing and errors … the chapters in general [are] easy to read while being well referenced if the reader [wants] more in-depth information. … A very useful book for the non-medical prescriber that also has a place on the reading list for medical students.' BMA Medical Book Awards reviewer
Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction to medication errors and medication safety Molly Courtenay and Matt Griffiths; 2. Safety in prescribing Anne Twidell and Simon de Lusignan; 3. Safety in dispensing Imogen Savage; 4. Safety in administering Jane Watson and Liz Plastow; 5. Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions Tim House; 6. Interface of care and communication Alison Blenkinsopp, Gill Dorer, Martin Duerden and Rebecca Jester; 7. Parenteral drug administration Jasmeet Soar and Jon Standing; 8. Calculations Alison G. Eggleton; 9. Controlled drugs and patient safety Roger Knaggs; 10. Reporting medication incidents and near misses Sheena Williams; 11. Ensuring safety through evidence based medicine Sharon Smart; Index.
