Greeley Reflections
Accreditation Connection, August 9, 2010
Medication Management and pharmacist first-dose review
Part 3 of 7
Meeting the requirements
Your goal should be to develop processes that do incorporate pharmacy review of all medications prior to administration except in an emergency situation, physician controlled area, or where established, approved guidelines exist. Approved situations might include the implementation of a stroke protocol, the recovery of a patient in the PACU or in outpatient radiology where pre-procedural screening criteria exist. Of course, even though a first-dose review is not required in these circumstances, pharmacy should be consulted if there are questions or potential issues related to the medications that are being planned or administered.
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