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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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

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

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

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.

74% of patients' drug allergies not recorded

Senior house officer Dr Venkat Neelapala rewrote Mrs Swain's drug chart and did not consider the effects the painkiller was having without the side effect-countering drug.

WALES: Get me out of here ... they aren't looking after me very well; Gran's plea days before she died:

Possibly an eighth mistake occurred when the nurse looked at the drug chart and not the medical notes.

Identifying mistakes

He had once written the word, "DIPRIVAC" on a drug chart whilst the rep was watching and afterwards had strolled over to her and asked her if he'd spelt it properly.

Drug reps, blondes and a junior doctor's 'best friend' AGENDA This article by Dr Steve Curtis about drug reps and the medical profession was written for a British medical journal. It was rejected by the editors on the grounds that publication might offend the pharmaceutical industry

Anderson was given slow-release morphine and other incorrect drugs after her name sticker was mistakenly placed on another patient's drug chart.

Systems failings blamed for Palmerston North tragedy

Miss Kitchen said: "After she went off duty it was noticed that Patient A's drug chart showed the administration of paracetamol elixir to him at 3.

Nurse who gave child paracetamol accused of ignoring orders

Shaw objected to comments written on the drug chart by pharmacists stating "it suggests nursing practice is so shallow nurses need to be reminded of such things by a member of another profession".

Nurses and pharmacists must work together for patients

It compiles fifty acute and on-call scenarios in a hospital setting that link to issuing a prescription, reviewing therapy and understanding drug interactions, it uses case scenarios and mock drug charts to teach the basics of prescribing, and is a powerful companion to building these skills.