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Existing In-patient <strong>Drug</strong> Administrati<strong>on</strong> <strong>Procedure</strong> (c<strong>on</strong>tinued)Nurse records drugadministrati<strong>on</strong> in the wardThe m<strong>on</strong>itoring & reporting ofthe patients’ resp<strong>on</strong>ses tomedicati<strong>on</strong>sNurse records drugs administrati<strong>on</strong> in thewardUnder the existing practices, there are twogroups of patients regarding medicati<strong>on</strong>administrati<strong>on</strong>.The first group of patients participate in theself-administrati<strong>on</strong> programme, and can selfadministertheir own drugs. The other group ofpatients will take their medicati<strong>on</strong>s under thesupervisi<strong>on</strong> of the nursing staff.Existing Problems:• For the sec<strong>on</strong>d group of patients, nursesmay not wait to c<strong>on</strong>firm that the medicati<strong>on</strong>has been c<strong>on</strong>sumed by the patient in somebusy wards. Unattended drugs left <strong>on</strong> apatient’s over-bed table may lead to theomissi<strong>on</strong> of doses or drugs being c<strong>on</strong>sumedby the wr<strong>on</strong>g patient.• The medicati<strong>on</strong>s for a particular patientmay be charted in more than <strong>on</strong>e place andmultiple records can potentially lead toc<strong>on</strong>fusi<strong>on</strong> and errors.• Nurses may not be aware of thedisc<strong>on</strong>tinued medicati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> the MAR andmay c<strong>on</strong>tinue to administer to patients.• Medicati<strong>on</strong>s may not be administeredaccording to the recommended time /intervals of administrati<strong>on</strong>.The m<strong>on</strong>itoring & reporting of patients’resp<strong>on</strong>ses to medicati<strong>on</strong>sAdverse <strong>Drug</strong> Reacti<strong>on</strong> (ADR) <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g>ingThere is a standard procedure or mechanism torecord clinically significant ADR in HAhospitals.Existing Problems:• Some ADR may not be reported.Medicati<strong>on</strong> Incident (MI) <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g>ingThere is a standard procedure or mechanism toreport MI in HA hospitals. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g>ing of MI byelectr<strong>on</strong>ic means via the AIRS will be rolledout in phrases to more hospitals of the HA.Existing Problems:• Some medicati<strong>on</strong> incidents such as nearmisscases may not be reported.• Those medicati<strong>on</strong> errors which have beenrectified before drug administrati<strong>on</strong> areunder reported in some hospitals. These‘near-miss’ cases can actually be used foreducati<strong>on</strong>al purposes.• Insufficient follow-up acti<strong>on</strong> & educati<strong>on</strong>following medicati<strong>on</strong> incidents.19

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