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NMS/C Paper 31/2Schedule for the Administrati<strong>on</strong> of “tds” <strong>Drug</strong>sBackgroundThe administrati<strong>on</strong> time of tds drugs in hospitals was raised as an issue following arecent incident. Although it was recognised that tds regime cannot be at an 8 hourly interval evenunder normal circumstances. The administrati<strong>on</strong> schedule for tds drug regimen was found to beunevenly distributed and in some cases the interval between administrati<strong>on</strong> can be as l<strong>on</strong>g as 15hours between.2. This issue has been raised at the 30 th Nursing Management Sub-committee Meeting.It was recognised that hospital routine and patient’s activities of daily would need to be taken intoaccount in the scheduling of a more evenly distributed drug administrati<strong>on</strong> regime for tds drug. Areview of existing practices in selected hospitals was c<strong>on</strong>ducted in c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong> with nursemanagers.Principle of <strong>Drug</strong> Administering Schedule for tds Regimen3. The review indicated that it is not possible to restrict to <strong>on</strong>e single drugadministrati<strong>on</strong> time for tds drug in all hospitals given the differences in ward routine and patientmeal time. The following two schedules for tds drugs have been recommended in c<strong>on</strong>sultati<strong>on</strong> withChief Pharmacist’s Office :• 8 am 12N 8 pm• 7:30am 11:30am 7:30pmRecommendati<strong>on</strong>4. It is recommended hospitals should adopt <strong>on</strong>e of the tds drug administrati<strong>on</strong>schedules in paragraph 3.Nursing Secti<strong>on</strong>HAHOAugust 20001

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