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Prescription Errors
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How can a pharmacy technician help reduce administration errors? (select all that apply)
always offer a pharmacist consultation to the patient
counsel the patient
write clear, easy to understand directions for the Rx label
dispense proper dosing device with the medication& apply correct aux labels
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When a medication error occurs you should:
Wait and see if anything bad happens to the patient
Report it to the pharmacist as soon as you realize it.
Immediately report it to the ISMP, then report it to the pharmacist
Call the patient yourself to inform them.
3
Pharmacy staff members have no responsibility for prescribing and administration errors.
False
True
4
Near-misses do not need to be addressed as part of the pharmacy's continuous improvement plan.
False
True
5
A doctor writes for 50
mg
of levothyroxine instead of 50
mcg
. What type of error is this?
administration
prescribing
transcribing
dispensing
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If a Rx is illegible or anything about it seems questionable, what should you ALWAYS do?
Call the prescriber to verify
Put it on the bottom of the data entry queue and hope another tech gets it
Ask the patient what drug & dose they should have
Make an educated guess based off the patient's drug history
7
A son forgot mom's daily dose of lisinopril so the next day he gives mom 2 tabs instead of 1. This is a ______ error.
transcribing
administration
prescribing
dispensing
8
Medication errors should be reported to: (select all that apply)
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
9
A pharmacy tech scans 4 Rxs and mixes up the stock bottles. A patient receives the wrong drug. This is a ______ error.
administration
transcribing
prescribing
dispensing
10
Of the prescription life-cycle, which steps occur in the pharmacy? (select all that apply)
transcribing
administration
prescribing
dispensing
11
Your co-worker enters a Rx for clonidine as clozapine. You catch the error & fix it in the pharmacy computer. This is a:
a prescribing error
near miss
medication error
an adverse drug event
12
An MD writes for Flexeril, but the Rx is illegible. The pharm tech guesses & enters fluoxetine for the patient. This is:
a prescibing error
an administration error
a dispensing error
a transcribing error
