Have you ever began your med pass for your residents and thought ……….

Wow, I am never going to be in compliance with ………

Your state regulations for administration of Medications

Do you know what a potential timing med error is ?

“Count a wrong time error if the medication is

administered 60 or more minutes earlier or later than its scheduled time of administration, but only if that wrong time error can cause the resident discomfort or jeopardize the resident’s health and safety.“

Cited from

Click to access appendix-pp-state-operations-manual.pdf

What can you do ?

• Review your residents meds
• Assess if any are unneccessary
• Review your residents medications using this tool
• Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Older Adults According to Beers List and STOPP Criteria

See Link below

 https://tmfnetworks.org/Portals/0/Resource%20Center/Beers_STOPP%20Reference%20508.pdf

You can avoid a med error

Even avoid a Survey tag

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The information presented is informative and does not constitute direct legal or regulatory advice

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