Bedside Medication Storage

A pharmacy assistant checked the bedside medication lockers of admitted patients against the current inpatient medication charts twice a week for 2 months in a surgical ward of an australian tertiary hospital.

Bedside medication storage.

About 60 000 young children end up in emergency rooms each year because they got into medicines while an adult wasn t looking. As with the medication cabinets project our barcode project will use the components of the magnet model to drive the assessment implementation and evaluation processes. The pharmacy assistant identified documented and removed the ceased non prescribed and other patient s medications. At 24 inches it s the widest option on the list and it features 6 pockets and cable.

As our bedside medication project draws to a close we look to the next step in improving medication safety. Implementing bedside barcode reading. Currently these medications are to be stored in the resident s room in a locked drawer or box. These emergency visits can be prevented by always putting every medicine up and away and out of children s reach and sight every time you use it.

Non medicated products may be stored in the resident s bedside drawer or cabinet. If you need your bedside caddy to provide you with tons of storage space go with this hanging pocket option.