By Leslie Spencer, R.N. HSSA Blog Contributer
When you are passing medications - how can you follow the 8 rights.
Always start with Hand Hygine.
When you are giving medication, regardless of the type of medication, you must follow the Eight rights of medication administration.
Each time you administer a medication, you need to be sure to have the:
1. Right individual
2. Right medication
3. Right dose
4. Right time
5. Right route
6. Right to refuse
7. Right to Know
8. Right documentation
You must check for all eight rights every time you administer any drug to any individual.
Each time that you give a medication, you also need to remember to do the "Three Checks". This means that you are going to do a "triple-check" to make sure that the eight rights are present each time that you give a medication.
You must:
1. Remove the medication from the locked area and check the prescription label against the medication log to make sure that they match: this is the 1st check.
2. Before pouring the medication, check the prescription label against the medication order to make sure that they match: this is the 2nd check.
3. After you pour the medication, but before you give it, check the prescription label against the medication log entry again to make sure that they match: this is the 3rd check.
Do this every time you prepare a medication. These are also the steps
that you will need to demonstrate
for your instructor when completing
a full CRMA course or a recert!!
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