Medication logs (med logs) are an important part of documenting medication administration in a group home. It is also a legal document that can be used to verify medications were given correctly.
The top of a medication log should have the following:
- group home residents name
- a place to fill in the month and year
- known allergies
The next section should have a place to fill in the following information:
- group home support staff’s name & initials
- name of medication
- time medication is given
- quantity of medication
- milligrams per dose
- total milligrams that will be given
- route (oral, topical, feeding tube)
- Special instructions (take with meals, one hour before eating)
The following section should have the following for each administration of medication:
- a place to list the medication
- days of the month
- staff initials who administered medication
It is often helpful to have a separate sheet of paper for each time medications are give. Bedtime and evening medications can often be on the same sheet. Having separate colors that are uniform to the time (7a-yellow, noon blue, etc.) will reduce med errors due to the wrong medication or dose given at the wrong time.
Group Home service providers will require medication administration training before a group home support staff will be able to administer medications.
This is a sample of what a two sided med log may look like-Group Home Medication Log. Front and back should be printed on one sheet of paper to keep accurate records.
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