Summary: Medicines Management

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• 1 Abbreviations

• 1.2 Abbreviation terms

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• What is the abbreviation for the following: 1) once daily, 2) twice daily, 3) three times daily, 4)four times daily?

  1)= OD
  2)= BD
  3)= TDS
  4)= QDS

• What is the abbreaviation for: 1) when required, 2) in the morning?

  1)PRN
  2)Mane

• 2 Converting units

• List all the weights from largest to smallest and their relationship above.

  Kiliogram= 1000g
  Gram=  0.001Kg or 1000mg
  Milligram= 0.001g or 1000micrograms
  Microgram= 0.001mg or 1000nanograms
  Nanograms= 000.1micrograms

• List all the volumes in order of greatest size to smallest and there relationship to the unit above and below them?

  Litre= 1000ml
  Millilitre = 0.001L

• 3 Maths

• 3.1 Formulas

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• What is the formulat to caculate how many tablets you should give a patient?

  Dosage =          What you want (Prescribed)
                                What you’ve got (Stock)

• What is the formula to caculate how much of a liquid drug you should give a patient?

  Dosage =     What you want (Prescribed)
                        What you’ve got (Stock)           X What it’s in (Volume of Stock)

• What is the formula to calculate the drip rate of a intravenous infusion?

  
  Drops per minute = Drops per ml   X   Volume of infusion (in mls)
                                                             Total infusion time (mins)

• 3.2 Decimals

• When do you round up and when do you round down?

  5 or more round up
  4 or less round down.

• Can we give drip rates as decimal places?

  We cannot give drip rates in part numbers

• 4 Theory

• 4.1 Principles

• Name Five principles of safe medicine administration or known as the rights of medication management

  Right drug, Right patient, Right route, Right dose and Right time