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Drug therapy: preparation, administration and disposal
© Diano and Vrenna; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010
- Published: 19 May 2010
- Public Health
- Drug Therapy
- Blood Level
- Prescription Drug
- Therapeutic Dose
Nursing literature are shown in a series of general controls to be carried out in order to eliminate or minimize the possibility of occurrence of errors during the process of administration of therapy.
These controls include
✓ registration of prescription drugs;
✓ Rule of 6 G.
the person's name,
the date of the prescription,
the name of the drug,
route of administration,
the frequency of intake,
the signature of someone who has prescribed therapy.
Types of prescription
Prescription as needed,
Emergency prescription: drugs,
Requirements and telephone records;
The rule of 6 gs
1.The right drug: compare the prescription with your treatment, knowing the action of the drug, dosage and route of administration, side effects, incompatibilities with other drugs;
2. The right person: to check the person's name and number of bed with one written on the card of therapy, if you ask the person their name and surname;
3. The right time: this factor is controllable when you decide on the distribution of the therapeutic dose daily. Often the doctor prescribes how many times a day to administer the drug, the nurse will then determine the correct time in order to maintain its constant blood level over 24 hours;
4 .The right route of administration: any drug can have multiple routes of administration that need to know. Some formulations may be administered by one route, such as intravenous, others need to change the type of solvent, depending on the route of administration;
5. The right dose: is always advisable to check the correctness of dosage;
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