• Provide prescription processing.
• Handle dispensing and delivery.
• Offer medication and administration management.
• Disposal of medication.

Medication’s for long-term care patients are dispensed using blister cards, vials, or pouches

Long-term care facilities can prevent errors by making sure all staff members are properly trained to give medications to residents. Staff should also closely follow all medication administration guidelines. Failure to do any of these could increase the chances that a patient will suffer from a medication error.

Here are five ways to reduce medication errors

• Know the various risks and causes of medication errors
• Know all the details of a prescription and what it’s being used for
• Know how to administer the drug and make sure you fully understand the directions.
• Check the prescription container label every time you administer a drug.
• Keep all medications stored in their original containers.

A patient’s prescriptions are usually covered by Part A. If the patient lives in a nursing home and has full Medicaid coverage, they pay nothing for covered drugs after Medicaid has paid for their stay for at least one full calendar month.

Most healthcare professionals, especially nurses, know the “five rights” of medication, which are generally regarded as a standard for safe medication practices.

• the right patient
• the right drug
• the right time
• the right dose
• the right route

United Specialty Pharmacy will deliver medication’s anywhere in Southeast Michigan free of charge, and usually same day if not, next business day.