SOP for Prescription, Administration including High Risk Medications

SOP for Prescription, Administration including  High Risk Medications
Activity No.		Process Flow		Responsibility
High risk medications are the one which have low therapeutic index. An error in prescribing these medications may result in catastrophe. Examples are Anti-infectives, Potassium and Other Electrolytes, Insulin, Narcotics and Other Sedatives, Chemotherapeutic Agents, Heparin and Other Anticoagulants etc.
1	High risk medications are prescribed in CAPITAL along with route, timing and specific duration.		Treating Doctor
2	If it is a normal medication, the administration is done by a single nurse after verification of the name of the patient, the route, dosage and timing.		Nurse Asst. OT Tech.
3	Expiry date is checked prior to administration.		Nurse Asst. OT Tech.
4	For high risk medication buddy system is used that is one nurse announces and the other nurse dispenses.		Nurse Asst. OT Tech.
5	After the medication is dispensed a suitable entry in the patient record is made.		Nurse Asst. OT Tech.