What’s in it for Me

(Carehomes)

It is highly likely that the Care Home uses the industry norm of single medication blisters housed in mountains of metal hoops. At some time in the past these may have been switched from cassettes for Health and Safety reasons. There is no doubt that blisters are the better option but cassettes had the advantage of MIXED medication from the Carer’s viewpoint.

The Omedos Organiser uses existing blister packs from major suppliers such as Venalink and MTS which are widely used in Care Homes with single medication. They may appear in a number of different pharmacy group liveries. The difference is that separate blister packs are used for each DOSE TIME with MIXED MEDICATION. They are then locked together with paperwork at the pharmacy, onto a base plate forming a single patient unit.

• Discarding the hoops immediately saves oceans of space.
• There is no need to swap the hoops over at the next Dose Time since all the patient packs stay in the trolley.
• The units are tamperproof and secure and may be stored in the room of an approved resident.
• Unit packs ease “checking in” and transit of Respite patients.
• MAR charts included within the unit at the Care Home’s choice.
• MARs normally used in existing folders, ensuring a smooth transition from the current system and continuity of records.
• Administration by the Carer is simplified since all medication for a patient is in a single blister for that dose time.
• Use of existing record cards means that re-training is minimal and Inspection of records is not compromised.

Advantages for the Carer