Administration of Medication
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| Administering Medication | Document no: | r 90 r 92 - 95 |
| Approval date: | Feb 2018 | |
| Approved by: | Family Services Manager | |
| Review date: | August 2023 | |
| Responsible Officer: Early Childhood Coordinator | Expiry date: | |
| Version no: | 01 | |
| Authorising Officer: | Family Services Manager | |
1. Purpose
The City of Greater Geelong Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Services acknowledges that on occasions children will need to be administered either prescribed or non-prescribed medication to assist in the treatment of a medical condition or illness.
2. Scope
All Services:
To ensure all services facilitate the safe effective care and health management of children who require the administration of medication.
3. References
- Education and Care National Regulations 2011
- Amendments 2017
- Education and Care National Law Act 2010
- Amendments 2017
- Education and Care National Quality Standard
4. ECEC Policy
In all services management will:
- Ensure there are clear written procedures for the authorisation and administration of medication to children accessing the service.
- Ensure that procedures are regularly reviewed and consistently followed.
- Provide families with clear instructions on the requirements regarding the supply and authorisation of medication.
In all services educators will:
- Familiarise themselves and all other staff with the children who have a medically diagnosed condition or require regular medication.
- Ensure any medication that is brought into the service is checked (expiry date child’s name administration instructions) signed in by the parent or authorised nominee and stored appropriately out of children’s reach.
- Ensure good hygiene practices when administering medication.
- Ensure medication is only ever administered:
- with written authorisation by a person who is an authorised nominee (unless it is in the event of an emergency where phone verification maybe given by a parent authorised nominee medical practitioner or emergency service operator).
- when medication has been prescribed by a registered medical practitioner in the original container bearing the original label with the name of the child to whom the medication is to be administered and before the use by date or expiry date.
- when non prescribed medication is in the original container bearing the original label and instructions and before the expiry date or use by date.
- according to the original label or the instructions (w
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