Infants and children are most likely to experience these
What are medication errors.
100
barrel, tip and plunger
What are parts of a syringe?
100
po
What is by mouth?
100
amount of medication
What is the "right dosage"?
100
Referred to as brand or proprietary and has the registration symbol. Also displayed prominently on the label and is capitalized.
What is the trade name?
Examples:
ZOCOR
AMOXIL
200
Refusal of medication is considered this
What is a "clients right to refuse"?
200
5 possible routes of medication
What is oral (po), Sublingual (SL), buccal, intravenous (IV), Intramuscular (IM), subcutaneous (sub cut)m intradermal (ID), insertion, instillation, inhalation, intranasal, topical, percutaneous or transdermal?
200
bid, tid, qid,
What is two times a day, three times a day and four times a day?
200
uses 2 unique identifiers to verify
What is "right patient"?
200
Tablets, capsules, liquid, suppository, and ointments are called this.
What is the form or type of a medication in a package?
300
This age group is considered high risk consumers.
Who are the elderly?
They use prescription and nonprescription, polypharmacy, slow absorption, slower metabolism and excretion, decreased body weight, difficulty seeing and remembering.
300
Should only be accepted in emergencies due to risk for medication errors. Must be written down, read back, and receive confirmation.
What are verbal orders?
300
NPO
What is nothing by mouth?
300
a term used for med administration and also for driving a car or delivering mail
What is "route"?
300
The weight or amount of the medication provided in a specific unit of measure.
What is the dosage strength?
Examples:
125 mg per 5ml
40 mg per tablet
10 mg per ml
400
Certain medications identified as more likely to contribute to harmful errors are called these.
What are "high alert medications?" (includes heparin, insulin, morphine, neuromuscular drugs, chemo drugs, potassium chloride)
400
Reduces med errors through use of CPOE, fax transmission, ADC, and bar code med administration.
What is technology?
400
a.c. and p.c.
What is before meals and after meals?
400
includes abbreviations such as qid, bid, tid, may be listed using military processes
What is the right "time"?
400
On labels of solutions and refers to quantity contained in a bottle, vial, or ampule.
What is total volume?
500
these common situations: 1) lack of information about the client 2) lack of information about the drug 3) communication and teamwork failures 4) unclear, absent or look alike drug labels 5) unsafe drug standardization, storage, or distribution 6) nonstandard, flawed or unsafe medication delivery devices.
What are causes of medication errors?
500
clients full name, date and time the order was written, name of medication, dose, route, time and frequency, signature of the person writing the order.
What are "components of a medication order"?
500
XR
What is extended release?
500
Compare MAR and physician order to verify this
What is the "right medication"?
500
"Exp" on a label and appears as a date. Typically listed as month/year.