CPD Approved

Safe Handling of Medication Course Description

This Introduction to the Safe Handling of Medication course will start by explaining the key terminology used when handling medicines. It then goes into detail about the roles of the people involved, some of the different groups of medicines, providing different levels of support to patients, infection control, label interpretation and much more.

Duration: 60 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in any way for loading time or thinking time on the questions)

Target Audience

This course is a great introduction to the safe handling of medicine and is well suited for anyone who has an interest in medicine.

Advantages

This course will give information about Label interpretation, record keeping and The Seven Rights among other things.

Further Progression to Safe Handling of Medication

We offer other medical courses that would be perfect for someone who also has this course.

Module Number	Module Name	Pass % Required
1	Introduction to the course	70
2	Terminology explained	70
3	The roles of those involved, legislation and licensing	70
4	Groups of medicines	70
5	Levels of support and routes of entry	70
6	Infection Control and equipment for dispensing	70
7	Label interpretation, record keeping and The Seven Rights	70

Recommended System Requirements

Browser: Up to date web browser
Video: Up to date video drivers
Memory: 1Gb+ RAM
Download Speed: Broadband (3Mb+)