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Administering medications through the nose as an alternative to injections or IVs is becoming increasingly popular in emergency departments and ambulances, according to a new paper. Administering ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medication errors that happen in schools are the same that occur in other settings, an expert said. New AAP ...

Administering medication to a child can be one of the most difficult tasks a parent faces. It can become downright daunting when a child is on multiple types of medication that must be dispensed at ...

Purpose: An overview of enteral feeding tubes, drug administration techniques, considerations for dosage form selection, common drug interactions with enteral formulas, and methods to minimize tube ...

One of the most serious responsibilities that healthcare providers have is administering medications correctly. There are seven rights of medication administration and three checks to protect patients ...

The ISMP guidelines are not designed to be adopted unchanged by hospitals to represent the hospital's medication administration policies. Instead, the ISMP believes that each hospital (through an ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

Administering medication to an NPO patient Advice for administering baclofen for a spinal cord injury to a patient with a nasogastric tube. A man who has been taking baclofen (Lioresal) 20 mg four ...

Every year, some 7,000 Americans die from treatment mistakes at United States hospitals. Every year, some 7,000 Americans die from treatment mistakes at United States hospitals. As health care ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is the government agency that oversees workplace safety. Businesses that provide medication management services, such as pharmacies, doctor's offices ...

The length of a chemotherapy session depends on the type of chemotherapy. For example, ingesting oral medications may take a few seconds, whereas IV treatments could take up to several days ...