L11: Medication Safety

Question 1

Def of Medication Safety

Answer 1

• Freedom from preventable harm with medication use.
• Freedom from accidental injury due to medical care or medical errors during the medication-use process.

Question 2

No medicine is absolutely safe

Answer 2

…

Question 3

Making sure that medicines are safe for their intended use is an on-going process that…

• Starts in:
• Continues:
• Closely monitored by:

Answer 3

• The developmental stage.
• long after medicine is in the market.
• manufactures & the Regulatory Agencies.

Question 4

Def of AE (Adverse Event or Adverse Experience)

Answer 4

Any untoward medical occurrence.

Question 5

Do AEs necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment?

Answer 5

No

Question 5

when do AE (Adverse Event or Adverse Experience) occur?

Answer 5

Occur during treatment with a pharmaceutical product.

Question 6

what do AE (Adverse Event or Adverse Experience) include?

Answer 6

• Side Effect.
• Adverse Drug Reaction.
• Medication error.

Question 7

Compare between Side effects & Adverse Drug Reactions in terms of:

• Def
• severity
• Drug Dose
• Casual Relationships

Answer 7

Question 8

Characters of Serious Adverse Event (SAE)

Answer 8

An AE or ADR that is…

• Associated with Death & Life threatening.
• Results in hospitalization or prolongs existing hospitalization.

Question 9

Characters of SUSAR (Serious - Unexpected - Suspected Adverse reaction)

Answer 9

• Serious.
• Not included in Product Core Safety Data Sheet.

Question 10

Medication safety & taking precautionary steps are extremely important, why?

Answer 10

To prevent Adverse reactions - Overdoses - Death).

Question 10

Drug Safety Measurment

Answer 10

Question 11

Types of Errors

Answer 11

Question 11

Types of Errors (Another Diagram)

Answer 11

Question 12

Whether a patient is prescribed an opioid or a general antibiotic, They should follow general steps to ensure medication safety.

Answer 12

….

Question 13

Def of Pharmacovigilance

Answer 13

Question 13

Safety Measures of Drugs

Answer 13

Question 13

what does Pharmacovigilance aim to?

Answer 13

Question 13

Rationale for Continued pharmacovigilance

Answer 13

Question 14

Def of Medication Errors

Answer 14

Any preventable event that may cause or lead to (Inappropriate medication use -Patient harm) while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer.

Question 14

Types of Medication Errors

Answer 14

• Prescribing.
• Omission “dispensing errors”.
• Wrong time.
• Unauthorized drug.
• Improper dose.
• Wrong dose prescription/wrong dose preparation.
• Administration errors including…
• The incorrect route of administration.
• Giving the drug to the wrong patient.
• Extra dose or wrong rate.
  Steps

Question 15

what are Prescribing Errors?

Answer 15

Question 16

What are Dispensing Errors?

Answer 16

errors linked to the pharmacy.

Question 17

What are the most common Dispensing Errors?

Answer 17

• Dispensing an incorrect medication.
• Dosage strength or form & miscalculating a dose.
• Failing to identify drug interactions or contraindications.

Question 17

what are Drug adminstration Errors?

Answer 17

Question 18

Is it ok to take medicine immediately after eating?

Answer 18

- There is no simple answer to this question. - However, as a general rule you should take medicine on an empty stomach (one hour before eating or 2 hours after), Because many medicines can be affected by what you eat and when you eat it.

Question 19

Taking medication after eating or with food usually means taking medication ........

Answer 19

taking medication 30 minutes to one hour after a meal.

Question 20

Examples for medications need to be taken after eating .......

Answer 20

- NSAIDs "Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs" (As ibuprofen, aspirin). - Metformin for diabetes. - Steroid medication.

Question 21

what are Errors that occur in Hospitals?

Answer 21

Question 22

Causes of Medication Errors

Answer 22

The most common causes of medication errors are: - Poor communication: Between your doctors, Between you & your doctors. - Drug names that sound alike & medications that look alike. - Medical abbreviations.

Question 22

Medical Errors Prevention

Answer 22

- strategies to reduce Prescribing errors - Strategies to reduce dispensing errors

Question 22

Strategies to reduce Prescribing errors

Answer 22

Question 23

Strategies to reduce dispensing errors

Answer 23

- Standardized concentrations for IV medications. - Use commercially prepared solutions. - Dispense a unit of use.

Question 24

Role of both patient & doctors in Decreasing Medication Errors

Answer 24