Topic 2: Medications Accuracy
Accurate measurement of medications is critical to the health and safety of the patient. What are the steps that the allied health professional can take to ensure the calculation and measurement of the desired dose are done correctly? What are some safeguards you would use if you had to prepare medications for a patient?
When calculating liquid medications after reconstitution, it is often necessary to convert the desired dosage to the household system of measurement. Why is this the case, and what potential problems does this create for the allied health professional and/or the patient?
