Medicines Management Policy - Dudley Primary Care Trust

2.7.4 Requirements for in-patient treatment cards
• name of drug (approved name)
• metric dosage
• frequency
• form and strength
• route to be used
• clear directions as to any site of application of treatment must be present.
• be signed and dated by the prescriber
• time of administration (in 24 hour clock)
• PCT Unit (e.g. ward, house etc)
• unit number
• consultant
• drug sensitivities (including writing ‘none’ if none known)
2.7.5 Documentation of Allergies/Hypersensitivities
All treatment cards must specify whether or not the patient has any drug
allergies/hypersensitivities. It is the responsibility of the admitting medical/dental
officer to record these on the prescription sheet as well as in the medical notes.
Medical officers, pharmacists and nurses may also document any that become
apparent during the in-patient stay.
2.7.6 Errors
When an error is made in writing a prescription, the incorrect information must
be struck out with a single line, signed by the prescriber and the correct
information written in a new section.
2.7.7 The following points should be noted when prescribing strengths and
quantities
i) unnecessary use of decimal points should be avoided, e.g. 3mg, not 3.0mg
ii) quantities less than 1 gram should be written in milligrams, e.g.500mg, not
0.5g
iii) quantities less than 1mg should be written in micrograms,
e.g.100micrograms, not 0.1mg.
iv) a zero should be written in front of a decimal point where there is no other
figure, e.g. 0.5ml, not .5ml
v) 'micrograms', 'nanograms' and 'units' should not be abbreviated
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