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Steps
- Ensure school personnel have checked the 5 rights
- Remove the bottle cap
- Hold cap in one hand, bottle in the other
- Pour the correct number of capsules or pills into the cap
- Pour the correct capsules or pills from the cap to a clean medicine cup
- Secure the cap back on the medication bottle
- If medication is individually wrapped,remove wrapping while capsules or pill falls into the medicine cup
- Provide the student with a glass of water
- Give the student the medicine cup
- Give the student the medicine cup
- Observe the student swallowing the medication
- Instruct the student to throw away or place into the cap the empty medication cup in the recycle (if applicable)
- 13. Ensure the delegatee has demonstrated the 6th right: documentation
- Places the medication bottle back securely in the locked area as directed