Medication awareness definition

Medication awareness means the client fully understands what they take, when they take it, what it looks like (color, shape, print), and why they take it. Making sure that a client who is managing their own medications has full medication awareness can help prevent a great deal of harm.

Related to Medication awareness

  • Medication means any drug, chemical, compound, suspension, or preparation in suitable form for use as a curative or remedial substance taken either internally or externally by any person.

  • Prescription medication means any medication that requires a physician prescription before it may be obtained from a pharmacist.

  • Medication error means any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm, while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer. Such events may be related to professional practice, health care products, procedures, and systems including, but not limited to: prescribing; order communication; product labeling, packaging and nomenclature; compounding; dispensing; distribution; administration; education; monitoring; and use.

  • Antipsychotic medications means that class of drugs

  • Medical cannabis pharmacy means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-61a-102.