Pharmaceutical Services, Drug Profile and Medication Safety
Sets out how the Agency meets each patient’s pharmaceutical needs under LAC 48:I §8223: drugs and biologicals for palliation provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through the pharmacies in its written agreements, the drug profile and its review, orders and verbal orders, who may give medications (never aides), teaching the patient and family, procedures to prevent medication errors, labeling and storage, and, if Medicare-certified, 42 CFR §418.106.
About this policy
- Policy number
- LA-HSP-MED-01
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- LAC 48:I §8223
- Library
- Louisiana hospice · 60 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 20
In short
- Patients can get the medicines they need for comfort 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, through our pharmacies.
- Give medicines only as the practitioner ordered. Write down, read back and sign any verbal order right away.
- Aides, homemakers and volunteers never give medicines.
- Leave a clear written medicine schedule in the home and teach the family what each medicine is for and what to report.
- Report any medication error or bad reaction at once to the practitioner and the director of nurses.
What's inside
20 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (LAC 48:I §8223)
- 5. Drugs the Agency Provides, at Any Hour
- 6. The Drug Profile and Its Review
- 7. Orders
- 8. Who May Give Medications
- 9. Teaching the Patient and Family
- 10. Preventing Medication Errors
- 11. Labeling and Storage
- 12. Patients in Nursing Facilities and Other Residential Settings
- 13. Responsibilities
- 14. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 15. Staff Training
- 16. References
- 17. Related Policies and Forms
- 18. Approval
- 19. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- How does a patient get a new pain medicine at 2:00 a.m. on a Sunday?
- Show me this patient’s drug profile and the last time it was reviewed.
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