title: Perioperative pharmacology: a framework for perioperative medication safety.
abstract: Learning pharmacology is a critical element of any health care practitioner's education to ensure quality and safety in perioperative care. The medication-use process and safe medication use are two important principles that contribute to the safe use of pharmacological agents in perioperative clinical practice. The medication-use process consists of procuring, prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administering, and monitoring; however, variations in the medication-use process result from demands unique to the perioperative environment, and these variations can sometimes bypass the safety nets within the system. Understanding these variances will help perioperative practitioners recognize threats to patient safety and help ensure the patient's well-being. Responsibilities of a safe medication-use system include assuring the public that practitioners use medications efficiently, safely, and effectively, and fully document all medications administered.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Nursing, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Rodney W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wanzer
authors.forename: Bradlee
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goeckner
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000451:nursing*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*