The safe dispensing of medicines
admin December 11th, 2007
The NPSA have issued two booklets about the safe dispensing of medicines.
1. A guide to the design of the dispensing environment.
2. A guide to the design of dispensed medicines.
A BMJ news report summerises the key points as:
- Designing dispensaries that encourage a safe and effective flow of work
- Patients’ waiting areas that allow for confidential discussions about their drugs
- Using bar codes on drug packs to aid accuracy checking
- Ensuring that dispensing labels are clearly laid out, with text in a size that patients can read easily
- Placing labels on packaging in a way that does not obscure important information or, where this is not possible, on smaller packets and tubes, using “flag” labels, and
- Directly labelling containers rather than outer packaging.
- Patient Safety
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