Medications
Patients that have a penicillin allergy are also at risk for having an allergy to what other medication class?
What is Cephalosporins
How often are crash carts checked for expired medications?
What is monthly.
What unit of measurement should all weights be documented in?
What is kilograms (Kg).
What is the name of the type of lettering used that uses capital letters to distinguish medications that look and sound alike?
What is tall man lettering.
What number should the pharmacy technician always compare on the stock bottle to the label of the prescription the technician is filling?
What is the National Drug Code (NDC) number.
According to NHA, what two drugs do you have to be extra careful not to cause cross contamination when handling them?
What is penicillin and sulfa drugs.
What is cleaned in the pharmacy at the beginning of every shift, every 30 mins during batching, and after a spill?
What is the laminar flowhood.
What is the days supply for the following medication Motrin 500 mg tab, 1 tab PO every 6 hours, dispense #60?
What is a 15 days supply.
60/4 = 15
What process is done in the pharmacy that can help reduce drug - drug interactions?
What is drug utilization review.
At a minimum how many patient identifiers should be used when verifying the patient's identity.
What is 2.
What is high alert medications.
How often are the counter tops, carts, and floors cleaning in the pharmacy?
What is Daily.
What is the days supply for the following medication Tylenol 160mg/5mL, 5 mL every 4 hours, not to exceed 5 doses in 24 hours, dispense 120 mL bottle?
What is a 4.8 days supply.
120/25 = 4.8
A provider fails to write the strength of the medication that should be dispensed to the patient. What type of error is this?
What is a prescribing error.
At a minimum, how many times should controlled substances, expensive medications, and large quantities be counted?
What is at least twice.
What lab value is checked prior to dispensing Coumadin (warfarin)?
What is international normalized ration (INR).
What are pill counting trays cleaned with in the pharmacy?
What is the proportion of days covered (PDC) for the following scenario? The patient was given a 60 days supply of their medication, but they only had enough to cover 52 days.
What is 87%.
52/60 x 100 = 86.6%
What is a program of the ISMP that allows healthcare professionals to report mediation errors or near misses so that they can be researched in order to reduce future errors?
What is ISMP's Medication Errors Reporting Program (MERP).
What is the name of the review process occurs after a medication error has occurred with the goal of determining why it occurred so that future errors can be prevented?
What is root cause analysis.
What lab value is checked prior to dispensing Epogen (epoetin alfa)?
What is hematocrit.
What USP chapter regulation addresses sterile compounding to prevent contamination?
What is USP Chapter <797>
The ordering provider and pharmacy staff fail to notice that the weight documented by the nurse on an infant was documented in pounds instead of kilograms and it resulted in a medication overdose. What medication right was not adequately checked by the staff that contributed to this error?
What is the right dose.
How many days can an opened multi-dose vial be kept for?
What is 28 days.
What is the name of process that is ongoing with the goal of error prevention, maintaining a culture of safety, and improving quality?
What is continuous quality improvement (CQI).