COLUMBIA — The director of the state's disabilities agency is warning providers not to allow untrained staff to administer medications to vulnerable adults in their care after officials discovered ...

Standard MM.5.10 (formerly TX.3.6) Medications are safely and accurately administered. Policies and procedures must identify health care staff who may administer medications with or without ...

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 ...

The Early Childhood Council of La Plata County will offer first-aid and CPR training from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 12 and standard precautions training from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and medication administration ...

Ronald Schneider, B.S.Pharm., M.H.A.; Jonathan Bagby, R.N., M.B.A., M.S.N.; Russ Carlson, R.N., B.S.N., M.H.A. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(23):2216-2219. In 1994 ...

A pharmacist-led intravenous medication administration training program decreased IV administration errors only slightly, according to an article in the British Medical Journal of Quality and Safety.