3.1 Responsibilities of professional staff at UCLH
3.1.1 Nurses’ and midwives’ responsibilities for injectable medicines (including blood products, IV fluids and IV medicines)
Nurses are referred to the Standards for Medicines Management of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Standards for Infusion Therapy published by the Royal College of Nursing. These provide a comprehensive description of the responsibilities of a practitioner when administering a medicine. Other healthcare professionals will find these documents useful as these standards are universally applicable.
At UCL Hospitals, injectable medicines may be prepared and administered by a registered nurse/midwife as described in UCL Hospitals Administration of Medicines by Nurses/Midwives Policy and Procedure document. This document is available from UCL Hospitals.
3.1.2 Pharmacists’ responsibilities for injectable medicines
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