Missing medications in a unit-dose system: quality assurance.
A method for the identification, documentation, and resolution of problems related to missing medications is described. In cooperation with nursing, a procedure for dispensing doses needed using a medication request form was implemented. Medications are not dispensed without a written request. This has made it possible to enumerate, quantify, and resolve problems in medication dispensing.
D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D007615:Kansas; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*