Writing Prescriptions in a Hospital Drug Administration Chart

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This session describes how to write safe, legible, legal, unambiguous and complete prescriptions on a hospital drug administration chart based on the principles of good prescribing. Objectives By the end of this session you will be able to: Describe how to write safe, legible, legal, unambiguous and complete prescriptions on a hospital drug administration chart based on the principles of good prescribing Complete the specific sections of a hospital drug chart including patient information, drug sensitivities, 'once only' medicines, regular medicines and 'as required' medicines to a safe standard Identify important errors that might reduce the safety and effectiveness of a hospital prescription