{"ref":"GA-HH-MED-01","title":"Medication Management, Drug Regimen Review, and Vaccines","category":"Clinical tasks","summary":"Sets out how Agency nurses and therapists check every medicine a patient may be taking and promptly report problems to the physician, as Georgia requires; how medications are given only as ordered; what aides may do to assist with medications ordinarily self-administered; how adverse reactions and errors are handled; the written medication schedule for the patient; and the conditions for giving influenza and pneumococcal vaccines.","inShort":["Check every medicine the patient may be taking, including over-the-counter and herbal products, and report any problem to the physician promptly.","Give medications only as the physician ordered, from the patient’s own containers.","Aides may only help with medications the patient normally takes by himself or herself. Aides never choose a dose or give injections.","If a patient has a serious reaction, call 911 first, then the office.","Never take, move, or throw away a patient’s medications."],"primaryCitation":"Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31-.09(c)","citations":["Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31-.09(a)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31-.09(c)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31-.09(d)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31-.08(a)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31-.08(d)","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 410-10-.02","Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 410-10-.03"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.55(c)(5)","42 CFR §484.60(b)","42 CFR §484.60(b)(2)","42 CFR §484.60(e)(2)","42 CFR §484.80(g)(3)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me this patient’s medication profile. When was the drug regimen last reviewed, and what problems were found?","When you found a possible interaction, how and when did you tell the physician?"],"forms":[{"ref":"GA-HH-MED-01-A","title":"Medication Profile and Drug Regimen Review"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31-.09(c))","5. Medication Profile","6. Drug Regimen Review","7. Medication Administration by Agency Nurses","8. What Home Health Aides May Do","9. Adverse Reactions and Medication Errors","10. Written Medication Schedule for the Patient","11. Teaching, Storage, and Disposal","12. Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccines","13. Responsibilities","14. Records and Compliance Monitoring","15. Staff Training","16. References","17. Related Policies and Forms","18. Approval","19. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"ga-hha","state":"Georgia","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}