[Shot of Jacqui and staff, Simon picking up medication from floor] Simon: never mind. Andrea: important that you do have them. it’s [Shot of Jacqui talking, close up] Jacqui: easy to do, especially first thing in the morning when it’s you’re half awake. [Shot of Simon talking, close up] Simon: important to collect all the tablets or whatever that has been spilt, collected in a bag it’s if you can and that should be returned to the chemist. [Shot of Andrea packing dropped tablets in plastic bag then Simon giving Jacqui tablets] Andrea: okay. got this now. These are the ones that you dropped. So return this We’ve we’ll to the chemist now, then Simon will give you tomorrow’s dose. Simon: all right, Jacqui. These are tablets, but worry, exactly the tomorrow’s don’t they’re same. Jacqui: thanks. [Shot of Simon talking, close up] Simon: you can then just issue the medication, as long as exactly the same and next day’s it’s get a replacement for the dropped ones from the chemist. If you have a situation where only one tablet has fallen out of the webster-pak and landed on the floor you still should abandon that whole medication, collect all the tablets and just use the next day’s days’. [slide: if medication is dropped staff must: Dispose the entire contents of the dropped blister section Bag and mark the content as to ‘return pharmacy’ Give the resident contents of a blister identical to the one dropped Return the contents of the dropped blister section to the pharmacy Replace the dropped blister section]. [Shot of Andrea talking, close up] Andrea: always familiarise yourself with a resident’s profile so that you know specifically how each person takes their medication. It is also very important to record this, always keep the communication going so that the room for error is minimal. And if you do make a mistake there is always ways to rectify this and you will get the support that you need.
[Shot of Jacqui and staff, Simon picking up medication from floor] Simon: never mind. Andrea: it’s important that you do have them. [Shot of Jacqui talking, close up] Jacqui: it’s easy to do, especially first thing in the morning when you’re half awake. [Shot of Simon talking, close up] Simon: it’s important to collect all the tablets or whatever that has been spilt, collected in a bag if you can and that should be returned to the chemist. [Shot of Andrea packing dropped tablets in plastic bag then Simon giving Jacqui tablets] Andrea: okay. We’ve got this now. These are the ones that you dropped. So we’ll return this to the chemist now, then Simon will give you tomorrow’s dose. Simon: all right, Jacqui. These are tomorrow’s tablets, but don’t worry, they’re exactly the same. Jacqui: thanks. [Shot of Simon talking, close up] Simon: you can then just issue the next day’s medication, as long as it’s exactly the same and get a replacement for the dropped ones from the chemist. If you have a situation where only one tablet has fallen out of the webster-pak and landed on the floor you still should abandon that whole day’s medication, collect all the tablets and just use the next days’. [slide: if medication is dropped staff must: Dispose the entire contents of the dropped blister section Bag and mark the content as ‘return to pharmacy’ Give the resident contents of a blister identical to the one dropped Return the contents of the dropped blister section to the pharmacy Replace the dropped blister section]. [Shot of Andrea talking, close up] Andrea: always familiarise yourself with a resident’s profile so that you know specifically how each person takes their medication. It is also very important to record this, always keep the communication going so that the room for error is minimal. And if you do make a mistake there is always ways to rectify this and you will get the support that you need.
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