Office of Safety, Oversight and Quality

This website contains best practice resources for safe medication administration and is not a substitution for formal training. The information provided is designed to provide: easy access to current information; access to other websites that support safe medication administration best practices; and to augment formal training.

Safe medication administration is not an accident but a well-planned system. This website contains helpful tools and resources to assist with implementing safer medication administration systems and to reduce medication errors.

These tools are designed to be used by all D​HS licensed or certified providers, their staff and all other caregivers that provide services for seniors and people with disabilities. Join us in improving outcomes for clients served through DHS.​

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Topic    Category    Date Posted    Notes Don't take this with Grapefruit General Medication Information 3/7/2013 Video Hand Hygiene Infection Control 4/4/2013 Poster-Spanish Hand Hygiene Infection Control 4/4/2013 Poster Consumer Med Safety Resources 3/29/2013 Website Drug Take-back and Disposal Program Disposal 3/29/2013 Website Advancing Pain Management in Oregon Training Materials 4/4/2013 Wash Your Hands Infection Control 4/4/2013 Poster Guide to Safe Pain Medication Use Pain Management 4/4/2013 Drug Interactions General Medication Information 4/4/2013 Error Prone Abbreviations Six Rights 4/4/2013 Confused Drug Names Six Rights 4/4/2013 Use Medicines Safely Six Rights 4/4/2013 Brochure Error Prone Abbreviations Six Rights 4/11/2013 Slides Week 1 Administrator/Owner Six Rights 4/11/2013 E-Card Six Rights Poster Six Rights 4/22/2013 11 x 17 Detailed Six Rights Poster Six Rights 4/22/2013 11 x 17 Basic Use with caution when administering to a child Children's Corner 4/23/2013 Avoiding Drug Interactions General Medication Information 4/23/2013 Video Avoiding Medication Mistakes Six Rights 4/23/2013 Video Giving Medicine to Children Children's Corner 4/23/2013 Video - English Giving Medicine to Children Children's Corner 4/23/2013 Video - Spanish Avoiding Maalox Mix-ups Six Rights 4/23/2013 Video Use Medicines Wisely General Medication Information 4/23/2013 Video Over-the-Counter Drug Facts Label Video 4/23/2013 Video Don't Share Insulin Pens Between Patients Infection Control 4/23/2013 Video Medications that Cannot be Crushed Six Rights 6/13/2013 Week 3 Administrator/Owner Six Rights 6/13/2013 E-card Week 4 Caregiver Six Rights 6/13/2013 E-card Week 5 Administrator/Owner Six Rights 6/13/2013 E-card Antipsychotic Drugs & Dementia Care General Medication Information 6/20/2013 Fact Sheet Week 6 Caregiver Six Rights 6/13/2013 E-card Online Drug Information Resources 6/26/2013 Website - look up specific drugs Week 7 Administrator/Owner Six Rights 6/27/2013 E-card Week 8 Caregiver Six Rights 6/27/2013 E-card FDA - How to Dispose of Unused Medications Disposal 7/1/2013 Website Medication Disposal Disposal 7/1/2013 Week 10 Caregiver Six Rights 6/27/2013 E-card Week 9 Administrator/Owner Six Rights 6/27/2013 E-card FDA - Medication Disposal What You Should Know Disposal 7/1/2013 Website Medications Recommended to be Flushed Disposal 7/1/2013 List of Approved Drugs for Flushing Fingerstick Training Training Materials 7/8/2013 Slides developed by Duke University Health Systems Week 12 Caregiver Six Rights 7/22/2013 E-card Week 11 Administrator/Owner Six Rights 7/12/2013 E-card Safe Drug Disposal Disposal 9/3/2013 EPA Flyer Safe Needle Disposal Disposal 9/3/2013 Week 2 Caregiver Six Rights 10/17/2013 Online Pharmacy - Be Safe Resources 10/24/2013 Video Safe Medication Training Training Materials 8/23/2016 1 - Six Rights and Three Checks Six Rights 8/23/2016 Basic Overview Correct Use of inhalers Med Warning 8/23/2016 Short Article Medication ALERT - Medication Parameters Med Warning 12/20/2019 Short Article Medication ALERT - PRN Medications Med Warning 4/18/2017 Short Article Medication ALERT - Expired Medications Med Warning 4/18/2017 Short article Medication ALERT - Sliding Scale Med Warning 12/20/2019 Short Article ODHS Telehealth for Div 047 Miscellaneous 1/25/2022 Updated ODHS policy on Telehealth in CBC settings

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