I checked her
drug chart and saw she had been having oral laxatives since surgery, with no effect.
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.
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?
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.
However, they were accidentally missed off his
drug chart at University Hospital, Walsgrave, an inquest heard.
drug chart, all dated on the same date and charted that it be administered "APP".
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.
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drug chart. A few examples follow:
On one occasion she then covered her tracks by falsifying the signature of another member of staff on the
drug chart.
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.
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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.