Medicines administration records in adult social care If a visiting health professional administers a medicine, you should keep a record of this on the MAR You should only produce a new, handwritten medicines administration record in exceptional circumstances
Medicines Administration Records (MAR) good practice Any changes to the dosage or frequency of medication must be made as a new entry on the MAR – never amend an existing entry Cross through the original entry (do not make it illegible), and rewrite with the new information in full
Medication Administration Record (MAR) Guidance for Care Homes The printed MAR chart from the pharmacy may indicate that none of this medication has been supplied this month but the care worker is able to use the boxes below the medication box to indicate any medication carried over
Care Inspectors Obsessed with MAR charts? | The Access Group When a MAR chart is unclear, incomplete, or contradictory, inspectors can neither confirm medication safety nor verify that providers understand what is being administered—triggering enforcement actions Digital records are now strongly encouraged across UK care services
Guidance about medication personal plans, review, monitoring and record . . . Consider what items the MAR chart is not appropriate for, for example Warfarin; variable insulin; SIP feeds; dressings; depot injections; Hydroxycobalamin injection, emollients (skin moisturisers), and so on, and develop your own recording sheet
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