Health Sciences

​ The caregiver should double-check the patient’s name and DOB on the label :

• Right patient

• Right drug

• Right dosage

The medication should only be given by the route it was prescribed :

• Right time

• Right route of administration

• Right dosage

Administer the exact amount directed by the doctor :

• Right dosage

• Right patient

• Right documentation

Thirty minutes before or after is acceptable :

• Right route of administration

• Right time

• Right patient

When you give medication, you should make a record :

• Right documentation

• Right dosage

• Right time

Errors can happen if the two drugs have a similar name :

• Right dosage

• Right patient

• Right drug