medication safety Flashcards
medication error
preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate pt harm
adverse drug effect
harm resulting from medication or lack of medication
example of an adverse drug effect
pt with depression overdoses on antidepressant
adverse drug reaction
a type of adverse drug event that occurs at normal doses in an indesired, unintended, unexpected reaction to patient
near miss
error that occurs that could’ve resulted in harm
a type of adverse drug event that occurs at normal doses in an undesired, unintended, unexpected reaction to patient
adverse drug reaction
where do medication errors most commonly occur
prescribing and administration
errors in prescribing
allergies, drug interactions, inappropriate drug dose
transcribing medication errors
can be transcribed incorrectly or not at all
dispensing medication errors
incorrect medication, dose, route, or quantity
administration errors
wrong pt, med, route, time
monitoring errors
inadeuqtae monitoring effects
environmental or human factors that may contribute to errors
lighting, messy area, distractions, stress, fatigue
high alert medications
medications that may cause risk if misused
examples of high alert
inslulin, opiods, narcotics, anticoagulants, chemo
