Unit Dose 7® for Aged Care

Benefits

Why Choose Unit Dose over Multi-Dose?

Guidance from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Association and Pharmaceutical Society Australia indicate that aged care staff must be able to clearly identify, check and administer medication, without opening, tampering or changing medication. This can only be achieved with a unit dose medication pack. Nurses require a clear, simple representation of medication and this cannot be achieved with multi-dose sachets and blisters. Medication in multi-dose systems are difficult to identify and check, and medication changes are difficult to manage and properly cease without tampering.

The Solution

For absolute confidence, safety and productivity, choose Unit Dose at your facility – so that your residents receive their medication exactly as the doctor has prescribed.

Why Unit Dose 7 Gives Your Staff Confidence and Compliance

• Individual medicines are easily identified using a colour pill image on the pack, so staff can accurately identify which medicines can safely be crushed and which may need special handling such as cytotoxic medicines.

• Parkinson’s medicines are separated and highlighted so the resident receives them ‘On-Time Every-Time’.

• If medicine is ceased by the doctor, the dose can be changed in ‘real-time’ and residents do not need to unnecessarily stop taking their required medicines while they wait for their medication to be re-packed by the pharmacist. An issue with multi-dose systems highlighted by the ANMF is that they must be sent back to the pharmacy for changes to take effect.

• The Unit Dose system does not impact the resident’s hip-pocket in the same way as sachet systems as medicines are not unnecessarily discarded and re-dispensed. Many pharmacists offer a ‘quick turnaround’ for multi-dose systems but this means the resident’s existing pack is discarded and new medicines are dispensed at the resident’s expense.

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