E02_04 Medication Errors Flashcards
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The statement that is true of medication error is:
A. It is a non-preventable event
B. All medication errors cause harm to patients
C. It is beyond the control of the health professionals
D. It is generally a systems error
D. It is generally a systems error
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Memory-based error are considered:
A. Lapses
B. Slips
C. Bad rules
D. None of the Above
A. Lapses
Action-based: Slips
Memory-based: Lapses
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Medication errors that occurred and harm that occurred are referred to as:
A. Ameliorable adverse drug events
B. Preventable adverse drug events
C. Non-preventable adverse drug events
D. Potential adverse drug events
B. Preventable adverse drug events
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Medication administration error includes:
A. Wrong time error
B. Improper dose error
C. Wrong drug preparation error
D. All of the Above
D. All of the Above
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Patient compliance error includes:
A. Prescribing error
B. Dispensing error
C. Monitoring error
D. All of the Above
C. Monitoring Error
Patient Compliance:
- Monitoring Error
- Compliance Error
- A, B = types of error
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Prescribing error includes:
A. Incorrect drug selection
B. Omission error
C. Transcription error
D. All of the Above
A. Incorrect drug selection
- B = Medication Administration
- C = type of error
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Common causes of medication errors that involve procedures is/are:
A. Improper transcription
B. Excessive workload
C. Unavailability of medication
D. All of the Above
A. Improper transcription
Procedures:
- Miscommunication of Orders
- Improper Transcription
- Misuse of zeros and decimal points
- Confusion of units
- Inappropriate abbreviations in prescribing
- Lack of appropriate labeling
- B = Providers
- C = Products
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Common causes of medication errors that involve products is/are:
A. Inaccurate dosage calculation
B. Ambiguous strength designation on labels
C. Proper patient information
D. All of the Above
B. Ambiguous strength designation on labels
Products:
- Unavailability or ambiguity of drug info
- Ambiguous strength designation on labels
- Unavailablity of medication
- Confusion between drugs with look-alike or sound-alike names
- A = Providers
- C = Patient
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Preventing medication error is done through:
A. Centralized effort by pharmacy unit
B. Physicians taking control of the entire therapy of patient
C. Proper patient information
D. All of the Above
C. Proper patient information
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When a medication error has been detected, the following step(s) should be undertaken except:
A. Provide corrective and supportive treatment to patient
B. Report error immediately after discovery
C. Review report by appropriate persons/committees
D. Suspend the health personnel who committed the error
D. Suspend the health personnel who committed the error
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Action-based errors are considered
A. Lapses
B. Slips
C. Bad Rules
D. Misuse of good rules
B. Slips
Action-based: Slips (Sin of Commission)
Memory-based: Lapses (Sin of Omission)
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Medication administration error includes:
A. Prescribing Error
B. Dispensing Error
C. Monitoring Error
D. Wrong Drug Preparation Error
Answer = D
C = Patient Compliance Error
A & B = Type of Error
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Common causes of medication errors that involve procedures is/are:
A. Individual lapse in performance
B. Incorrect transcription
C. Poor work environment
D. Lack of patient information
B. Incorrect transcription
Procedures:
- Miscommunication of Orders
- Improper Transcription
- Misuse of zeros and decimal points
- Confusion of units
- Inappropriate abbreviations in prescribing
- Lack of appropriate labeling
- A = Providers
- C = Place
- D = Patient
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Medication error that occurred but no harm was observed are referred to as:
A. Ameliorable ADE
B. Preventable ADE
C. Non-preventable ADE
D. Potential ADE
D. Potential ADE
Potential: ME occurred but no harm
Preventable: ME occurred and harm observed
Ameliorable: injury of which severity or duration could have been substantially reduced, if different actions had been taken
