drug chart

An A4-sized page kept at the bedside of an inpatient or retained with the patient’s medical records at the nursing station at NHS hospitals, which provides a running log of the medications ordered by the caring doctor(s) or, in nursing homes, by the prescribing health professional.

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I checked her drug chart and saw she had been having oral laxatives since surgery, with no effect.

Care of a subarachnoid haemorrhage patient: a patient with a subarachnoid haemorrhage needs close monitoring, especially after surgery, to prevent further complications

The patient is encouraged to drink fluids in recovery, and receives regular effective analgesia and antiemetics from a preprinted, standardized drug chart. Patient well-being is promoted by removal of wound drains and intravenous lines as soon as possible.

Enhanced recovery in orthopedics: a prospective audit of an enhanced recovery program for patients undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty

Reason - Have you documented the reason/indication for antibiotics in the notes and on the drug chart? End date - Have you speci- ed an end/stop date for antibiotic courses in the notes and on the drug chart?

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But a junior doctor accidentally missed the medication, designed to reduce the danger of blood clots, off his drug chart when she copied it up several days later.

Medical blunder killed dad-of-3; Hospital failed to give patient vital drugs

However, they were accidentally missed off his drug chart at University Hospital, Walsgrave, an inquest heard.

FATAL HOSPITAL ERROR MISSED FOR SIX DAYS

drug chart, all dated on the same date and charted that it be administered "APP".

Communication failure in the intensive care unit--learning from a near miss

But the research, by Sunderland University, revealed that at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead, 74% of patients with a history of allergic reactions to drugs had no record of it in their clinical notes or on their drug chart.

Alert over drug allergy records

Look anywhere in America and you'll likely find a successful and innovative regional drug chart. A few examples follow:

Times propitious for chain drug retailing

On one occasion she then covered her tracks by falsifying the signature of another member of staff on the drug chart.

Midwife struck off over records

of Percentage Errors & of Errors Percentage of errors) Extra dose (Dose Administered more to the patient than prescribed dose) 40 (2%) 10 (0.62%) Improper dose/quantity 35(1.75%) 22 (1.37%) Omission error 22 (1.1%) 10 (6.25%) Prescribing error 51 (2.55%) 23 (1.43%) Unauthorized drug 6 (0.3%) 8 (0.5%) Wrong administration 100 (5%) 22(1.37%) Technique 25 (1.25%) 11 (0.69%) Drug prescribed on incorrect drug chart section (e.g.

Medication errors: a prospective study conducted and reported through prescription monitoring in tertiary care teaching hospital

In this article, the two classes of drugs currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of Alzheimer's disease will be reviewed: the cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEls) and the single N-methyl-D-aspatate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, the drug memantine (Clip and Save Drug Chart, 2009).

Drugs for Alzheimer's Disease

A total of 95 (26%) had a definitive record of a drug allergy in their clinical notes or on the drug chart, but 74% did not.