Patient's Own and Patient Specific Medications

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Viktoriya Ingram
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Patient's Own and Patient Specific Medications

Hello,

Could you please share how your organization handles:

A. Patient’s Own Medications (brought to the hospital because they are ordered for administration and not available through pharmacy)
• How are medications stored in association with an automated dispensing cabinet?
• How do they appear on the medication administration record (eMAR)?
• Do you relabel these products?
• How do you handle barcode scanning for administration of these medications?

B. Patient Specific Medications Dispensed by Pharmacy
• How are medications stored in association with an automated dispensing cabinet?

If you have a related policy you don’t mind sharing, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you.

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