One of the most serious responsibilities that healthcare providers have is administering medications correctly. There are seven rights of medication administration and three checks to protect patients ...

The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medication errors that happen in schools are the same that occur in other settings, an expert said. New AAP ...

CMS has issued a revision to its “30-minute” rule on the administration of medication in hospitals, according to a Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program blog post and a copy of the notification ...

Several medications interact with EN, and patients should be monitored for altered clinical response or subtherapeutic drug levels. [13] The more common drug–nutrient interactions are described below.

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

The systems, in which nurses use an electronic scanner to sync packaged drugs with patient and electronic medication administration records, are designed to put more safeguards around medication ...

Oral medication administration in older adults encompasses a range of challenges and innovative solutions aimed at improving therapeutic outcomes in an ageing population. Age-related physiological ...

ESTILL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — As students head back to class, school districts in Kentucky are adjusting to a policy change in school medication administration. "Anytime that the laws change, KRS ...

Despite evidence showing that the causes of medication errors can be traced back to multiple factors in the healthcare setting, healthcare professionals still often feel the blame on them. In a new ...