A charge floor stock drugs b non charge floor stock drugs.
Floor stock medication guidelines.
Be sure to evaluate the look alike potential of product containers.
Conduct regular rounds at affiliated outpatient facilities and on inpatient units to verify floor stock and ensure safe storage of medications.
Standard stock medication should be identified and approved for each patient care area.
General pharmacy policies b.
After office hours supply iii.
Inventory all concentrated electrolytes in the organization and perform an fmea.
D any medications returned by ambulatory patients e improperly stored medications f any open or used i v.
One reader asked about a nurse s responsibilities when drawing up an injectible medication but not administering it and specifically wanted to know about the documentation duties affiliated with the draw up.
Products with abbreviated discard dates a.
Medications should be routinely reviewed and adjusted based on medication prescribing patterns utilization and specific unit needs taking into account typical patient ages and diagnoses.
Traditional floor stock systems have included storage rooms filled with bulk ordered inventory drug cabinets with an inventory of one to several days worth of drugs and drug carts loaded by pharmacists each day with a day s worth of medications according to the canadian journal of hospital pharmacy.
Nurses reach out to me regularly with questions concerning medication administration and preparation.
Perform failure mode and effects analysis fmea.
Under this system the drugs are given to the patient through the nursing station and the pharmacy supplies from the drug store of a hospital.
Open dates on floor stock containers b.
Guidelines for more detailed descriptions.
Mobile dispensary unit it is a specially constructed stainless steel truck it measures 60 inches high 48 inches wide and 25 inches deep 16.
Elements of care the mission of pharmacists is to help people make the best use of medications 1 therefore pharmacists shall be.
Admixtures g any opened liquid medications 10 ward stock medications the pharmacy shall establish a list of ward stock medications for each ward and that list shall be reviewed on an annual basis by the pharmacy department.
Supplies for discharged patients v.
Floor stock emergency trolleys medication ii.
2 complete floor stock system.
B dispensing of non charge floor stock drugs these are medicaments placed at the nursing station for the use of all patients on the floor drug basket method 15.
Certain elements of these guidelines may be applicable to other health care settings or may be useful in evaluating the scope and quality of pharmacy services.
Supply for psychotropic medicines iv.
