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Medication Safety
Medication Safety
Here’s how to get the most from your medications at St. Rose in the safest manner possible:
- Bring all your medications, including vitamins, herbal supplements and over-the-counter medications to the hospital in their containers. Or, bring a complete and accurate list of all the medications you are currently taking. After all information has been noted by your nurse, your family can take the medication back home.
- Ask your nurse for a wallet-sized medication card if you don’t have a list.
- Don’t take any medicines you brought from home unless ordered by your doctor.
- Let your doctor or nurse know if you have any allergies or have had reactions to any drugs, food or latex.
- Ask your nurse about medicines you are getting in the hospital - what they are, what they do, and what side effects they might have. Please let your nurse know if you have any questions or concerns about your medications.