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Existing In-patient <strong>Drug</strong> Administrati<strong>on</strong> <strong>Procedure</strong> (c<strong>on</strong>tinued)Order verified correct bypharmacy<strong>Drug</strong>s prepared andsupplied by pharmacyYesNoIllegible/ambiguous/problematic drug ordersExisting Problems:• It is possible for an illegible/ambiguous orderto be misinterpreted or presumed to beanother drug.• Extra time or effort will be needed inc<strong>on</strong>firming the order.<strong>Drug</strong>s prepared & supplied by pharmacyThere are 2 methods of drug supply frompharmacy, which are Individual PatientDispensing and Ward Stock Supply. Wardstock are still needed due to the lack of a 24hours pharmacy service:Existing Problems:i) Individual Patient DispensingDispensing errors arise from :• Similar drug item codes• Similar drug names & sound-alikedrug names• Look-alike packages of drug items• Wr<strong>on</strong>g dose calculati<strong>on</strong>• Wr<strong>on</strong>g informati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> labels• N<strong>on</strong>-compliance with the doublecheck systemii) Ward Stocks• Larger variety of ward stocks holding,pooling & transferring of ward stock andimproper rotati<strong>on</strong> of ward stock may stillexist in those wards without the wardtopping-up system.• Prescripti<strong>on</strong>s for ward stock items are notsent to pharmacy, thus the drug profiles ofpatients compiled by pharmacy areincomplete.• Pharmacy does not have the opportunityto verify these prescripti<strong>on</strong>s and cannotm<strong>on</strong>itor the actual c<strong>on</strong>sumpti<strong>on</strong> of n<strong>on</strong>c<strong>on</strong>trolledward stocks.• Nurses are not specifically trained todispense drugs.15

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