Medication Scanning
This is the process for making sure you are administering the correct medication.
What is verifying the patient and correct medication by scanning?
All controlled substances are stored here and generally requires a password and fingerprint to remove the medications.
What is the Omnicell?
This cannot be a method of notification for critical results.
What is Secure Chat?
A drug or other substance that is controlled by the government because it may be abused or cause addiction.
What are Controlled Substances?
Medications prescribed with several doses given in a day but no more frequently than every 4 hours may be administered during this time frame.
What is 1 hour before or after the scheduled dosing time for a total window that does not exceed 2 hours?
This action is required when administering two or more of the same medication (Example: two pills being given to fulfill the correct dose)
What is scan each barcode/package separately?
This software identifies both missing medication and instances where a controlled substance has been “over-documented”.
What is Bluesight?
Time Frame allotted to document and notify physician with a critical notification?
What is 1 hour?
Most controlled substance diversions are identified by reports from _____________.
Who is Co-Workers?
Right Patient, Right Medicine, Right Dosage, Right Time, Right Route, Right Reason, Right Documentation
What is the SEVEN “RIGHTS” FOR MISTAKE FREE MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION?
After successfully scanning the patent’s armband, the healthcare provider should do this if the medication barcode will not scan.
What is CALL/NOTIFY THE PHARMACY?
These are places to look for medications.
What are the Omnicell, patient's drawer on medication cart, medication drawer (located beside Omnicell) and tube station?
This person is responsibility for documenting the critical result notification.
Who is the RN who received the notification?
These regulating bodies can complete random audit entities dispensing controlled substances.
Who are the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency), Drug Control Unit of the DHHS, NC Board of Pharmacy?
Besides using 2 identifiers you should ask the patient this before administering a new medication.
What is do you have any allergies?
This will need to be labeled by pharmacy before a nurse can administer to the patient.
What are home medications?
Linked orders are . . .
What is Medications that can be given in several different forms, depending on the patient's needs?
Who can take a critical result via telephone.
Who is licensed personnel (nurse, provider, etc.)?
This must be done everyday in the Omnicell before end of shift and requires a witness to complete.
What is resolve discrepancies?
When do you complete the 3 checks of administration?
What is when you pick up the container/package, when you are preparing the medication ( put in the medication cup) and just before administering the medication.
This is the best practice to correctly capture all barcode scans when scanning more than one dose of the same medication (for example, two tablets).
What is pause for 1-2 seconds between each barcode scan?
An interdisciplinary process comparing a complete list of medications that the patient has been taking prior to admission, with the medications that will be provided during hospitalization; performed at pre-admission, admission and/or at time of transfer or discharge.
What is MEDICATION RECONCILIATION?
Name the required information needed for critical notifications. Hint: there are 8.
What is:
Lab, Result, notified by (first initial and last name), notified time, physician/attending you notified (first initial and last name), time you notified the physician/attending, how you notified the physician/attending and verified readback.
A substance is placed into these based on its medical use, potential for abuse, and safety or dependence liability.
What are five controlled substance schedules?
What you must do to medication or solution which is transferred from the original packaging to another container.
What is label the container?