Agency caregivers assigned to provide medication services must be given basic non-injectable medication training before providing the services. The medication training must include successful return demonstrations of non-injectable medications tasks by the caregivers. This course contains the following topics and meets the training requirement as per OAR 333-536-0075.

· Medication abbreviations;

· Reading medication orders and directions;

· Reading medication labels and packages;

· Setting up medication labels and packages;

· Administering non-injectable medications:

· Pill forms, including identification of pills that cannot be crushed;

· Non-injectable liquid forms, including those administered by syringe or dropper and eye and ear drops;

· Suppository forms; and

· Topical forms.

· Identifying and reporting adverse medication reactions, interactions, contraindications and side effects; and

· Infection control and safety related to medication administration.