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practise safe prescribing. It reminds you that, where possible, you must avoid prescribing for yourself or those close to you. This guidance covers what you need to consider when prescribing unlicensed medicines, repeat prescribing and when you share responsibility for your patient with a colleague. It also gives important
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Apr 5, 2021 · This guidance will help you make sure that you practise safe prescribing. It reminds you that where possible, you must avoid prescribing for yourself or those close to you. It goes through what you need to consider when repeat prescribing, prescribing controlled drugs or share the responsibility of your patient with a colleague.
Jun 14, 2023 · Medication safety management is the effective management of medicines with the aim of reducing risk of error and harm. Medication includes: any product prescribed by primary, secondary, tertiary, and private healthcare providers.
Mar 4, 2015 · This guideline covers safe and effective use of medicines in health and social care for people taking 1 or more medicines. It aims to ensure that medicines provide the greatest possible benefit to people by encouraging medicines reconciliation, medication review, and the use of patient decision aids.
- Be Clear About The Reasons For Prescribing
- Take Into Account The Patient’S Medication History Before Prescribing
- Take Into Account The Patient’S Ideas, Concerns, and Expectations
- Adhere to National Guidelines and Local Formularies Where Appropriate
- Monitor The Beneficial and Adverse Effects of Medicines
- Communicate and Document Prescribing Decisions and The Reasons For Them
- Prescribe Within The Limitations of Your Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Establish an accurate diagnosis whenever possible (although this may often be difficult)Be clear in what way the patient is likely to gain from the prescribed medicinesObtain an accurate list of current and recent medications (including over the counter and alternative medicines); prior adverse drug reactions; and drug allergies from the patient, their carers, or...
Seek to form a partnership with the patient when selecting treatments, making sure that they understand and agree with the reasons for taking the medicine
Be aware of guidance produced by respected bodies (increasingly available via decision support systems), but always consider the individual needs of the patientSelect medicines with regard to costs and needs of other patients (health care resources are finite)Be able to identify, access, and use reliable and validated sources of information (for example, British National Formulary), and evaluate potentially less reliable information criticallyIdentify how the beneficial and adverse effects of treatment can be assessedUnderstand how to alter the prescription as a result of this informationKnow how to report adverse drug reactions (in the UK via the Yellow Card scheme)Communicate clearly with patients, their carers, and colleaguesGive patients important information about how to take the medicine, what benefits might arise,adverse effects (especially those that will require urgent review), and any monitoring that is requiredUse the health record and other means to document prescribing decisions accuratelyAlways seek to keep the knowledge and skills that are relevant to your practice up to dateBe prepared to seek the advice and support of suitably qualified professional colleaguesMake sure that, where appropriate, prescriptions are checked (for example, calculations of intravenous doses)7 and patients therefore need to reflect the seven elements of medicines optimisation, to deliver improved patient outcomes, and to be supported by appropriate measurement and monitoring. The seven elements of medicines optimisation Principle 1 – aim to understand the patient’s experience
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Accountability covers four distinct areas: Prescribers are called to account for their practice and in order to practice safely they must have: Legal conse.
