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Professional guidance on the administration of medicines in healthcare settings (January 2019)

Summary

This professional guidance has been co-produced by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and provides principles-based guidance to ensure the safe administration of medicines by healthcare professionals.

Content

The guidance is aimed at registered healthcare professionals; the principles however, can be applied in any healthcare setting by any persons administering medicines. The clinical elements of the prescribing of medicines (such as choice of medicine, treatment duration and method of administration) are beyond the scope of this guidance. The guidance applies across the UK.

Professional guidance on the administration of medicines in healthcare settings (January 2019) https://www.rpharms.com/Portals/0/RPS%20document%20library/Open%20access/Professional%20standards/SS…

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