Standard MM.5.10 (formerly TX.3.6) Medications are safely and accurately administered. Policies and procedures must identify health care staff who may administer medications with or without ...

The ISMP guidelines are not designed to be adopted unchanged by hospitals to represent the hospital's medication administration policies. Instead, the ISMP believes that each hospital (through an ...

Serious medication errors are common in hospitals and often occur during order transcription or administration of medication. To help prevent such errors, technology has been developed to verify ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

When you take a medication sublingually, you place it under the tongue. Taking a medication buccally involves placing it between your gums and cheek. With both, the drug absorbs into your blood.

Some medications must be given by an intravenous (IV) injection or infusion. This means they’re sent directly into your vein using a needle or tube. In fact, the term “intravenous” means “into the ...

The administration of medications via enteral feeding tubes is a vital practice in the care of patients who are unable to ingest drugs orally. This route enables the delivery of essential treatments ...