What must a medication management system cover?
Records of the medication, the dosage and the participant identification; workers who understand the effects, the side-effects and the steps to take after an incident; and safe, secure, identifiable storage that only trained workers can access. Medicine-related adverse events are monitored, reported and used to improve practice.
Answered from the held text of NDIS Practice Standards core-26.1. The clause behind it is cited below, and the requirement page carries the evidence an assessor asks for.
What the clause behind this answer says
core-26.1 Medication: records of medication, dosage and participant identification
Records clearly identify each participant's medication and dosage and include all the information needed to identify the participant correctly and administer the medication safely.
Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk. Our statement of the clause, not the instrument verbatim.
core-26.2 Medication: workers understand effects, side-effects and incident steps
Every worker responsible for administering medication understands its effects and side-effects and what to do if a medication incident occurs.
Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk. Our statement of the clause, not the instrument verbatim.
core-26.3 Medication: safe, secure, identifiable storage with trained access only
All medication is stored safely and securely, is easy to identify and tell apart, and is accessed only by appropriately trained workers.
Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk. Our statement of the clause, not the instrument verbatim.
What evidence answers it
- Medication charts or administration records with photo identification
- Prescriber orders or pharmacy-generated medication profiles
- Medication administration signing sheets in the file sample
What assessors commonly find
- Charts without participant photo or allergies
- Gaps in administration signatures
The reviewer opens with
Show me medication charts or administration records with photo identification, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
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- core-26.1 Medication: records of medication, dosage and participant identification
- core-26.2 Medication: workers understand effects, side-effects and incident steps
- core-26.3 Medication: safe, secure, identifiable storage with trained access only
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