Med Type
This type of medication error occurs when a patient doesn't take their medication as prescribed.
What is a compliance error?
This medication is listed as the most common for patient allergies
What is penicillin?
This kind of spelling might appear on medications that look or sound alike
What is Tall Man lettering?
This regulatory agency oversees the proper dispensing and recording keeping of controlled substances
What is the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)?
This cause of an error occurs when a person switches rapidly between several different tasks
What is multitasking?
This type of error occurs when a prescription is filled with the wrong medication
What is a dispensing error?
This prescription medication negatively interacts with a large number of prescriptions, supplements, and some foods
What is Coumadin (warfarin)?
This DEA form is used to report lost or stolen controlled substances from a pharmacy
What is Form 106?
This regulatory agency specializes in ensuring workplace safety for employees
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
Taking a short mental break to reset and focus can help to reduce errors caused by this
What is stress?
An ear medication is placed in the eye. This is an example of this type of medication error
What is an administration error?
This interaction might occur when beta blockers (a hypertensive medication) is prescribed to a patient with asthma
What is a drug-disease interaction?
This level of drug recall can include medication that causes mild or temporary adverse efffects
What is a Class II recall?
What is the State Board of Pharmacy?
A preventable medication error that is caught and stopped before it reaches the patient
What is a close call or near miss?
This error occurs when the route of administration is missing on a prescription
What is a prescribing error?
Mixing grapefruit or grapefruit juice and statin medications can cause this type of interaction
What is a drug-food/beverage interaction?
This information might appear on an antidepressant, specifying an increased risk of suicidal ideation or behavior
What is a box warning or black box warning?
This mandatory risk assessment program is established for the safe dispensing of isotretinoin.
What is iPledge?
Errors might occur when a pharmacy is very busy and several people have called out for the day
What is being understaffed?
These individuals may commit medication errors? (List 2 of them)
Who are providers/prescribers, pharmacy staff, medical staff, or patients?
This effect may occur when two drugs enhance each other's effectiveness
What is a synergistic effect?
An ongoing process that screens for potential safety issues before a prescription is filled to prevent adverse events or drug interactions.
What is a drug utilization review or drug utilization evaluation?
This regulatory agency oversees pharmacy technician certification, scope of practice, and continuing education credits.
What is the National Association of the Board of Pharmacy (NABP)?
This phenomenon can happen when you know what to do, but your mind changes focus and you follow the wrong information
What is automatic behavior?