Prescribing and Administration of Medication in Section 136 suites
This procedure supports good practice in 136 suites including review, prescribing, ordering, supply and administration of medication.
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Managing medicines safely in hot weather – MSS29
MSS29 - Managing medicines safely in hot weather gives guidance to patients, carers and staff to help stay safe and hydrated.
Category: Medication Safety Series
Topic: Pharmacy
Medication Safety Guidance: Transfer of Patients Between Mental Health Bed and Acute Trust Hospital Ward
The purpose of this “Safety Guidance” is to highlight key issues to be considered when a patient is transferred from a mental health inpatient bed to an acute hospital ward and vice versa (i.e., Acute to MH).
Category: Guidance
Topic: Pharmacy
Pain Management Algorithm – Acute Pain Post Falls
Analgesia prescribing guidance for Pain Management of Acute Pain following a fall.
Category: Guidance
Topic: Pharmacy
MSS27 Clozapine-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility (CIGH)
This MSS guides staff to manage this risk associated with Clozapine which may impair motility of the entire gastrointestinal system.
Category: Medication Safety Series
Topic: Pharmacy
FP10 Prescription Management
FP10 Prescription Management procedure describes all processes that are involved in the Management and Handling of FP10 prescriptions. This has been produced to provide guidance in the event of an incident that involves FP10 prescriptions
Category: Procedures
Topic: Pharmacy
Paliperidone LAI – PSS002
Paliperidone LAI PSS002 prescribing safety series document supports prescribing “depot” injection for management of schizophrenia in adult patients who have both responded to oral risperidone but would benefit from a long-acting formulation
Category: Medication Safety Series
Topic: Pharmacy
Lurasidone – PSS001
Prescribing Support Series document supporting safe prescribing of Lurasidone.
Category: Medication Safety Series
Topic: Pharmacy
Liquid oral medicines – MSS12
MSS12 - Liquid oral medicines promotes safer measurement and administration of liquid medicines via oral and other enteral routes and reducing risks of wrong route errors with oral liquid medicines
Category: Medication Safety Series
Topic: Pharmacy
How to report an Adverse Drug Reaction ADR – MSS15
How to report an Adverse Drug Reaction ADR - MSS15 advice to staff on how to report ADRs via a yellow card, datix and paris.
Category: Medication Safety Series
Topic: Pharmacy
