Medication Management
Operators must establish, implement and maintain documented policies and procedures for Medication Management that must, at a minimum, include the following:
- medication reconciliation to ensure complete and accurate transfer of medication information and reduce medication errors and adverse drug events:
- upon the Client’s commencement of Home and Community Care, or upon admission to a Type A Continuing Care Home or Type B Continuing Care Home;
- when the Client transfers between different publicly funded Operators;
- ) as the Client transfers between different levels of care within the same Operator; and
Notes
- Best practices for medication management can be found at:
- Decision Making Standards for Nurses in the Supervision of Health Care Aides
- Assignment of Client Care Guidelines for Registered Nurses
- Medication Guidelines