Medication Safety Flashcards

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What is a system?

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  • Inter-related entities and people with a joint purpose
  • Affect one another
  • Entities = buildings/ spaces/ software etc
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What is a microsystem?

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Tools only

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3
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What is a mesosystem?

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Interaction between tools, people and spaces

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What is a macrosystem?

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Interaction between:

  • Tools
  • People
  • Buildings
  • Spaces
  • Communities
  • Hardware
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5
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What is the primary benefit of a dynamic system?

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Modifies in response to circumstances, to achieve the same outcome

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What is a general example of a proactive approach in pharmacy, with regard to systems?

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Risk assessments

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What is the SAFETY-1 definition of ‘safety’?

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As few things as possible go wrong

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What is the safety management principle of SAFETY-1?

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Reactive

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What is the attitude to the human factor of SAFETY-1?

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Humans seen as a liability or hazard

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What is the safety management principle of SAFETY-2?

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Proactive systems approach

Anticipate + prevent

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What are they key capacities of resilient healthcare?

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(1) Respond
(2) Learn - share from past experiences
(3) Monitor
(4) Anticipate

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What is the SAFETY-2 definition of ‘safety’?

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As many things as possible go right

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What is the safety management principle of SAFETY-2?

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Proactive

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What is the attitude to the human factor of SAFETY-2?

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Humans are a resource

Flexibility + resilience

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What is the view of performance variability of SAFETY-1?

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Harmful + should be prevented if possible

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16
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Safety I - Disadvantages

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  • Assumes that things go right and things that go wrong happen in different ways.
  • Doesn’t always identify a cause with the original system.
17
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Safety-

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Inevitable but also useful

Monitored + managed

18
Q

How is ‘patient safety’ defined?

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Maximising the tings that go right and minimising the things that go wrong

19
Q

What is the role of a Medication Safety Officer (MSO)?

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(1) Managing medication incident reporting
(2) National Medication Safety Network
(3) Member of the Medication Safety Committee

20
Q

What are the three prioritised areas of mediation safety, according to the WHO?

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(1) Medication safety in high-risk situations
(2) Medication safety in poly pharmacy
(3) Medication safety in transitions of care

21
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What is the traditional approach to medication safety?

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SAFETY-1 model

22
Q

What is a safety walkabout?

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Asking staff for their concerns + feedback

What went well etc

23
Q

How, generally, can everyday hospital care be improved?

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(1) Individuals
(2) Teams
(3) Systems

24
Q

What are LASA?

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Look-alike sound-alike errors

25
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What shift in framework is currently taking place in pharmacy medication safety?

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Accountability TO reflection + learning