Medication Safety

An Essential Guide

By: Molly Courtenay, Matt Griffiths

Write A Review

Paperback | 1 October 2009

At a Glance

Paperback
210 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.12

Paperback

$120.31

or 4 interest-free payments of $30.08 with

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

The supply and administration of medicines is an area of practice in which a number of healthcare professionals (e.g. nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals) are involved.

Prescribing is a relatively new role which many of these healthcare professionals have adopted. Medication Safety focuses on promoting safety in the delivery of medicines. Chapters explore the various stages in the medication process including safety in prescribing, dispensing and administering drugs. Adverse reactions, parenteral administration, dosage calculations, safety with controlled drugs, and reporting errors and near misses are all addressed in evidence-based contributions from a highly experienced team of contributors.

This text is essential reading for all healthcare professionals involved in the delivery of medicines to patients.

About the Authors

Molly Courtenay is a Professor at the School of Health and Social Care, Reading University, UK.

Matt Griffiths is Senior Nurse, Medicines Management, University Hospitals of Leicester and Visiting Professor of Prescribing and Medicines Management, School of Health, University of Northampton, UK.

Industry Reviews

'Medical students should read this as an excellent introduction about patient safety and medication issues ... Very appropriate with the current focus on prescribing and errors ... the chapters in general [are] easy to read while being well referenced if the reader [wants] more in-depth information. ... A very useful book for the non-medical prescriber that also has a place on the reading list for medical students.' BMA Medical Book Awards reviewer

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction Medicine Medicine in General Health Systems & Services Other Branches of Medicine Pharmacology Nursing & Ancillary Services Pharmacy & Dispensing Nursing Nursing Pharmacology

List of contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction to medication errors and medication safety	p. 1
Safety in prescribing	p. 7
Safety in dispensing	p. 25
Safety in administering	p. 43
Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions	p. 63
Interface of care and communication	p. 83
Parenteral drug administration	p. 97
Calculations	p. 113
Controlled drugs and patient safety	p. 139
Reporting medication errors and near misses	p. 155
Ensuring safety through evidence-based medicine	p. 173
Index	p. 193
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

Medication Safety

An Essential Guide

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Pharmacy & Dispensing

Australia and New Zealand McKenna's Drug Handbook for Nursing and Midwifery

Australia and New Zealand 9th edition

Medical Pharmacology at a Glance

9th Edition

Drug Development Supported by Informatics

Community Pharmacy

5th Edition - Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals, Volume 4

Neurology, Psychiatry, and Pain Management, including Cognitive and Neurologic Conditions and Emotional Conditions

Pharmaceutical Calculations For The Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Technician Education

2023 Nurse's Drug Handbook

Nurse's Drug Handbook

Pharmacology

8th Edition

Pharmacology for Health Professionals

2nd Edition

Herbal Formularies for Health Professionals, Volume 3

Endocrinology, including the Adrenal and Thyroid Systems, Metabolic Endocrinology, and the Reproductive Systems

Stoklosa and Ansel's Pharmaceutical Calculations

16th Edition

Î²-Carbolines

A Privileged Scaffold for Modern Drug Discovery

Review of Organic Functional Groups

5th Edition - Introduction to Medicinal Organic Chemistry

An Essential Introduction to Cardiac Electrophysiology

Pharmacology

An Essential Textbook 2nd Edition

Winter's Basic Clinical Pharmacokinetics

7th Edition

Pharmaceutical Energetics

Analysing Common Drugs through the Lens of Chinese Medicine

Fundamentals of Market Access for Pharmaceuticals

FDA Regulatory Affairs

Third Edition

Drug Delivery

Advances and Emerging Strategies

Novel Drug Delivery Systems in the Management of Chronic Diseases

Himalayan Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Depression

A Source of Rich Antidepressant Agents

Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery

Revised and Expanded

Novel Phytopharmaceutical for Management of Disorders

This product is categorised by