A comprehensive and practical workshop for staff undertaking training (or annual update of training) for competency in assisting with medication administration.

The 6 hour workshop provides a sound basis for staff and includes practical demonstrations of medication administration procedures and the use of devices, as well as discussions regarding the handling of a variety of scenarios.

The participants are required to complete a workbook following the workshop which is marked by Meditrax with pass mark of 80%.  A Practical Assessment booklet is provided to the Manager for completing the competency assessment of the participants.

The topics covered in the workshop are as follows:

• Responsibilities of the organisation and staff
• Scope of practice
• Principles of medication management
• Duty of care
• The ‘Rights’ of medication administration
• Reducing medication error
• Examples of medication error
• Best practice guidelines to assisting with medication
  • Medications in DAAs
  • Non-packed medications
• Administering special medications
• Records of administration
• Alteration of dosage forms
• PRN administration
• Creams and ointments
• Patches
• Eye drops/ointments
• Ear drops
• Insulin storage and administration
• How to use and maintain inhaled medication devices
• Incident reporting
• Scenarios

Maximum of 20 participants