Lecture 7D Flashcards

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3 causes of medicines to be wrongly dispensed

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  • drug names are similar and so are mixed up
  • bagging errors
  • looking at previous medical history
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3 factors that cause prescribing errors

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  • improper training
  • lacks of drug knowledge and training
  • lack of knowledge of the risk
  • communication
  • workload
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What are ways in which risk of errors is reduced

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SOPs:
- accuracy checking using 2 people before supplying a med
- storage of meds, making similar drugs distinguishable
Reporting:
- error logging and learning from errors
- investigating reasons behind the mistakes
Culture
- creating a culture that ensures carefulness

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What do you do when you in the event a dispensing error is made is made

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  • let the patient now promptly
  • make things right and inform the prescriber
  • apologise
  • let colleagues involved know
    The error needs to be reported and what went wrong is evaluated and the error is learned from.
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What is the RPS error reporting guidelines

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  • be open and honest
  • report
  • learn
  • share
  • act
  • review
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Under what circumstances can legal defence be used to prevent criminalisation when dispensing errors occur

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Only if:
- dispensed in a registered pharmacy
- AND a registered responsible pharmacist was supervising
- AND dispensed against a prescription from a prescriber or a PGD
- ANDA the patient is promptly notified once the error has been identified.

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What happens when an error is reported to the GPhC

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They review the errors against a set of criteria and a decision will be made whether to pass the investigation onto the FTP committee or the investigation committee.

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When is an investigation referred to the investigation committee

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  • When the persons conduct presents a rick to patients/ public safety
  • undermines confidence in pharmacy professions
  • there has been persistent failure to meet the standards
  • the honesty and confidence in the pharmacy profession is damaged
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