Medication Safety Flashcards
What are the patient’s rights?
- right drug
- right dose
- right dosage form
- right route of administration
- right time of administration
What is medication error A?
circumstance has potential for causing harm
What is medication error B?
error occurred, but did not reach patient
What is medication error C?
error reached patient but did not not cause harm
What is medication error D?
error reached patient, did not harm but required monitoring to prove no harm done
What is medication error E?
error caused temporary harm and require intervention
What is medication error F?
error caused temporary harm to patient resulting hospitalization
What is medication error G?
error cause temporary or permanent harm to the patient
What is medication error H?
error results in harm requiring hospitalization
What is medication error I?
error contributed to patient’s death
Who are errors reported to to?
ISMP
What is OD?
right eye
What is OS?
left eye
What is OU?
each eye
What is AD?
right ear
What is AS?
left ear
What is AU?
each ear
Who oversees MERP?
ISMP
Who is responsible for approving tall man letter?
FDA
tall man letters are used to indicate the differences between the spelling of drug names
When is scheduled medication administered?
within 30 minutes
-within one hour if nontime critical
What type of prescribing is the best way to reduce error?
electronic prescribing
Who made recommendations for verbal prescriptions?
MERP
