On a daily basis, healthcare providers must exemplify the high standards required to ensure that healthcare is delivered in a manner that is safe as well as effective. Daily struggles related to fatigue, increasing patient to provider ratios, provider shortages as well as numerous other human factors present themselves as risk to the safety of healthcare delivery. To combat this, healthcare providers must employ safe practices and techniques aimed at reducing errors. One such practice related to the delivery of medication, is the use of the five rights of medication administration. When utilized correctly, the five rights of medication administration serve as a failsafe to ensure that the right medication is administered to the right patient
