Mercy Care National Health System Trust Guidelines For Prescribing, Preparation & Administration Of Injectable Medicines

On March 2012, Mercy Care National Health System (NHS) presented its report on the incidence of errors in prescribing, preparing and administering injectable medicines is higher than for other forms of medicines. The report includes information on prescribing of injectable medicines, preparation of injectable medicines, administration of injectable medicines, and patient safety in health related and medical services. The report details significant numbers of medication related incidents for the injectable medicines. The report presents the specific protocols to increase patient safety such as clearly identifying patient, birth date, hospital, appropriate dose, etc. Errors also occur in the preparation of the . . .