“Sundowning” In Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s suffers will often experience sundowning. This is a restlessness, agitation, irritability, or confusion that can begin or worsen as the sun sets.
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Med-Q 14 Day Pill Organizer with Removable boxes
Med-Q 14 Day Pill Organizer with Removable Daily Pill boxes is the solution to forgetting and overdosing
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Working to Reduce Medication Errors
Are You Heading to a Medication Crisis?
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Why You Need to Take Your Medications as Prescribed
Why You Need to Take Your Medications as Prescribed Do people have trouble sticking to your medication routine. Simply put, are they taking your medications as prescribed . For example, taking the proper dose. Another example, taking that proper dose at the right time,. Now add in, in the right and frequency and the chances
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Drug Dispensing and the Caregiver
Drug Dispensing and the Caregiver Caregivers must deal with many different kinds of problems For example, caregivers have to worry everyday about the need to dispense their care recipient’s medication. Furthermore, it needs to be given in a safe dose at the proper time. Trying to figure out all of the different pill sizes, colors
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MedWatch receives safety alerts for FDA-regulated products
MedWatch receives safety alerts for FDA-regulated products There is some scary new news. A new report has been released that is truly alarming. The report issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) found that adverse drug events are at crisis level. It has been estimated that an estimated 1.5 million people each year are effected. An
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Over-the-counter and prescription drug labeling
Over-the-counter and prescription drug labeling Getting the right drug to the right patient. FDA has put into plhase rules requiring barcodes on certain drug and biological product labels. Barcodes allow healthcare professionals to use barcode scanning equipment to verify that the right drug — in the right dose and right route of administration — is being
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Working to Reduce Medication Errors
Working on ways to Reduce Medication Errors The first question to ask is, “What is a medication error?” The second question, why are all professional caregivers are trying to reduce the number of medication errors.? A medication error is defined as “any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or
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Medication Dispensing Errors and Prevention
The top priority of every single pharmacist is to minimize medication dispensing errors.
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