Medication Administration

Pharmacology Review #101

Eleanor Wolfram, Lecturer

Course Goals

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Review Practice of Asepsis

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#2 Review Dosage Forms

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#3 Review Medication Routes

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Importance of Hand Washing

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INFORMERCIAL

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. Johann Goethe (Scientist and Poet)

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Practice of Asepsis: ALWAYS wash hands before and after preparing the medication to reduce transfer of microorganisms.

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Be sure that the necessary cleaning supplies, such as soap, cleansers, towels, etc. are near you before beginning. Stand in front of the wash basin---clothes should not be touching the sinks bowl.

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Turn on water. Regulate the force and the temperature until water is as warm as tolerable. Wet hands and wrist areas. Keep hands lower than elbows to allow the water to flow downward towards fingers.
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STEPS 5 and 6
Lather thoroughly using liquid soap or bar soap. Cover all of the areas of hands. Before returning bar soap to soap dish--be sure to rinse it off thoroughly. With firm circular rubbing motions, wash each finger, hands, palms, wrists and forearms. Be sure to continue this friction motion for a minimum of 15 to 20 seconds.

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STEPS 7 and 8

Use a clean orangewood stick or fingernails of the opposite hand to clean under the fingernails. Rinse completely, keeping hands lower than elbows to allow the water to flow downward towards fingers.

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STEPS 9 and 10

Pat hands dry, beginning with the fingers and moving up towards the forearms. Discard towel (paper or cloth) into the proper receptacle immediately. Use another towel to turn off facet. Discard immediately without touching it with other clean hand.

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Dosage Forms
Pills, Creams, Etc.

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INFORMERCIAL

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22

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Forms
Solid Liquid Topical Other Dosing Forms

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Solid
Capsules Caplets Puvules Pills Suppository Tablets

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Solid: Tablets
Buccal Sublingual Chewable Effervescent Enteric Coated Troches and Lozenges

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Liquid
Solutions Suspensions Elixirs Syrups Reconstituted Liquids

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Topical
Ointments Creams Lotions Transdermal Patches

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Other Dosing Forms

Aerosols Chewing Gum Powders Sterile Preparations

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Medication Routes
Drugs By Mouth, Injections, Etc.

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INFORMERCIAL

A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do. Eric Hodgins

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Routes
Oral Sublingual and Buccal Rectal Topical Otic Ophthalmic Nasal Inhalation Parenteral

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Parenteral Routes
Intravenous (IV) Intramuscular (IM) Subcutaneous (SC) Intradermal (ID)

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Excellent

Reading

Materials :

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Reading

Materials :

Laso, J.S. Parker, K., & Brunton, L.L. (2005) Goodman & Gilmans The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics Katzung, Bertram., Masters, Susan., Trevor, Anthony. (2009) Basic and Clinical Pharmacology

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End
Thinking Outside the Box!

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