medicaiton errors

Question 1

What are three drugs to look out for medication errors

Answer 1

CNS stimulants, anticoagulants, and

Question 2

What are three systems or acronyms are used to prevent med errors?

Answer 2

SALAD (sound alike, lookalike drugs), look-alike (look alike, sound alike), TALLman lettering

Question 3

What are the 4 types of medication errors?

Answer 3

Near miss, no harm events, medication errors, critical incident

Question 4

What does it mean if a medication error occurs?

Answer 4

This means a patient was given a medication and this causes an adverse effect that can be seen