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 Put Your Hands Together Infection Control 3/7/2013 Video Hand Hygiene Infection Control 4/4/2013 Poster-Spanish Hydrocodone with Acetaminophen (Vocoden, Lorcet) Med High Alert 3/29/2013 Lovenox (enoxaparin) Med High Alert 3/29/2013 Medication Drop-off Disposal 3/7/2013 Website Humalog (insulin lispro) Med High Alert 3/29/2013 How to Administer Medications Resources 3/29/2013 Website Apidra (insulin glulisine) Med High Alert 3/29/2013 Insulin Safety Center Resources 3/29/2013 Website Oxycodone with Acetaminophen (Percocet, Roxicet) Med High Alert 3/29/2013 Alcohol Rubs Infection Control 4/4/2013 Poster NovoLog (insulin aspart) Med High Alert 3/29/2013 How to Read OTC Label Resources 3/29/2013 Website Fentanyl Patch (Duragesic) Med High Alert 3/29/2013 How to Read a Prescription Label Resources 3/29/2013 Website Hand Hygiene Infection Control 4/4/2013 Poster Warfarin (Coumadin) Med High Alert 3/29/2013 Consumer Med Safety Resources 3/29/2013 Website Drug Take-back and Disposal Program Disposal 3/29/2013 Website Levemir (insulin detemir) Med High Alert 3/29/2013 Advancing Pain Management in Oregon Training Materials 4/4/2013 ISMP High-Alert Medications Resources 3/29/2013 Website Lantus (insulin glargine) Med High Alert 3/29/2013 Wash Your Hands Infection Control 4/4/2013 Poster Hand Washing Infection Control 4/4/2013 Poster Methotrexate (Rheumatrex, Trexal) Med High Alert 3/29/2013 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 Do Not Crush Six Rights 4/4/2013 Measuring Liquid Medicines Correctly Six Rights 4/4/2013 Use Medicines Safely Six Rights 4/4/2013 Brochure Misread Medication Orders Six Rights 4/4/2013 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 Children & Teen Psychotropic Medication Policy Children's Corner 4/18/2013 Website Six Rights Poster Six Rights 4/22/2013 11 x 17 Basic MEDcounselor Drug Information Resources 4/23/2013 Look Up Drug Facts MEDcounselor Drug Identifier Resources 4/23/2013 Identify an unknown pill Dangerous "toys" Children's Corner 4/23/2013 Protecting Young Children from Medicine Mishaps Children's Corner 4/23/2013 Use with caution when adminstering to a child Children's Corner 4/23/2013 Definitely not a Band-Aid! Children's Corner 4/23/2013 Replace bottle stopper with childprof cap Children's Corner 4/23/2013 Don't Miss the (Decimal) Point Six Rights 4/23/2013 Gluten-Free Medicine Children's Corner 4/23/2013 What is a "dropperful"? Children's Corner 4/23/2013 Use Only Oral Syringes for Liquid Medicines Children's Corner 4/23/2013 Expiration Dates Matter General Medication Information 4/23/2013 Video 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 Warning - Training Epipens Med Warning 5/20/2013 Medical Errors from Misreading Letters & Numbers Six Rights 4/23/2013 Video Family Care: Keep Track of Your Medications Miscellaneous 5/20/2013 Family Medication Safety - A Toolkit for Families Miscellaneous 5/20/2013 Website Medications that Cannot be Crushed Six Rights 6/13/2013 Family Care: Personal Medication Tracking Miscellaneous 5/20/2013 Form - Can be filled out electronically 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 Online Pharmacy Verification Resources 10/24/2013 Search a pharmacy to determine if they are an approved pharmacy. Warning - Illegal Diabetes Drugs Med Warning 10/24/2013 Warning - Counterfeit Adderall Med Warning 10/24/2013 Warning - Insulin Errors Med Warning 10/24/2013 Warning - Topical Pain Relievers May Cause Burns Med Warning 10/24/2013 Warning - Fleet Enema Label Misleading Med Warning 10/24/2013 Warning - U-500 Insulin Errors Med Warning 10/24/2013 Once a Week - Prone to Deadly Dosage Errors Med Warning 10/24/2013 Warning - Confusing Product Labels Med Warning 10/24/2013 Acetaminophen ALERT Med Warning 1/21/2014 Recent strength changes in prescription drugs containing acetaminophen and dosing changes for over-the-counter products. Safe Medication Training Training Materials 8/23/2016 iLearnOregon Partner Instructions Training Materials 8/23/2016 Instructions on how to create an iLearnOregon profile and register for classes HydrOXYzine and HydrALAZINE Mixup Med Warning 8/23/2016 Short Article 1 - Six Rights and Three Checks Six Rights 8/23/2016 Basic Overview Correct Use of inhalers Med Warning 8/23/2016 Short Article Confusing Imprint Codes Med Warning 8/23/2016 Short Article Oral Chemotherapy: Not just an ordinary pill Med Warning 8/23/2016 Short Article Medication ALERT - Compound Drugs Med Warning 4/18/2017 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

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