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"Dose preparation" means that a patient’s doses of medication are prepared in advance and sorted according to their order of administration. It involves removing the drugs from their original packaging, and sometimes repackaging them in a container other than their authorised packaging. The process can be manual, where doses are inserted into the compartments of a pill organiser for example, or automated, where a machine is used to repackage individual doses into relabelled transparent pouches...
Glossary
pill organiser • pouch • in the community • shelf life • hopper • chute...
Questions (True or False?)
1 - "Dose preparation" means advance preparation of medication by health professionals only.
2- Ensuring that patients have adequate information about their medication is an issue to be considered in all dose preparation systems.
3- Some oral drugs are sensitive to humidity, heat, light, or dust, resulting in toxicity or loss of efficacy.
4- Dose preparation exposes to possible harms through cross-contamination with potentially dangerous substances such as cytotoxic agents.
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"Packaging too often ill-suited to dose preparation"
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