Introduction to Safe Handling of Medicines

What does the Safe Handling of Medicines online course cover?

This Introduction to the Safe Handling of Medicines 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.

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E-Learning Course Modules

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